Société Générale Securities Services has appointed Harold Keller as head of sales & relationship management in Germany. He replaces Jochen Meyers, who has left the group. Keller was previously head of asset owners and managers for CACEIS in Germany. He will focus on expanding strategic partnerships with institutional investors in the German-speaking region, reporting locally…
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Northern Trust hires three for product & bus dev teams in UK
Northern Trust has made three London-based appointments across its institutional product and business development teams: Howard Rapley has been appointed global product lead, securities services, responsible for the strategy and capabilities supporting client assets held by Northern Trust. These include safekeeping, settlement, income, corporate actions and tax reclamation services. Rapley spent two decades with Citi…
Aztec Group adds four senior managers in Luxembourg
Aztec Group has made four senior appointments in its Luxembourg office. Philippe Detournay has been appointed as director in the private equity business, while Waqas Khan and Gianmaria Lombardo have been appointed as associate directors. Detournay joins from Luxembourg-based Axior, where he was an advisor and non-executive director. Prior to this, he spent 13 years…
Estera appoints Sonal Patel as head of sales for Americas
Estera, the funds and trust services provider that is in the process of merging with Ocorian, has appointed Sonal Patel as managing director, head of sales – Americas, Bermuda and Caribbean. She joins Estera after over 20 years at BNY Mellon in business development, sales and relationship management. Most recently Patel was managing director –…
Oak hires Gavin Wilkins as head of corporate & fund services
Gavin Wilkins has been appointed as head of corporate and fund services for Oak, based in Jersey. He joins from JTC Group.
Citi’s Jervis Smith joins Vistra to head Lux and NL offices
Vistra, the Asia-based provider of global trust, fund administration and corporate services, has appointed Jervis Smith as country managing director of Luxembourg. Smith will be responsible for leading Vistra’s Luxembourg office and growing the business, as well as the Vistra office in The Netherlands. Vistra has nearly 250 staff in Luxembourg, its second largest operation…
Northern Trust hires Gil Platteau for Switzerland client role
Northern Trust has appointed Gil Platteau to the senior leadership team in Switzerland. Based in the Basel office, Platteau will manage key client relationships with Swiss pension funds and insurance companies. Platteau was most recently at Mercer Delegated Solutions, where he was country head of Switzerland.
Mercatus adds Jeff Conway to board
Mercatus, a technology provider to alternative investors and asset managers with USD540bn on its platform, has appointed Jeff Conway to its board of directors. Before leaving State Street earlier this year, Conway was head of global delivery and business transformation, having spent 30 years at the firm.
Alter Domus hires three new country executives
Alter Domus, the Luxembourg-based fund and corporate services provider, has appointed three new country executives in Europe, all reporting to George Rologis, head of EMEA. Mark Gebauer has been appointed country executive for Germany. He was an associate partner at Ernst and Young. Therese Wijnen has been appointed country executive for the Netherlands. She joins…
Aztec hires Keith Mallet for corporate services team in Jersey
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed Keith Mallet to its corporate services team in Jersey. He joins the corporate services leadership team and will oversee a number of client relationship teams providing company secretarial, administration and accounting services to corporate structures, including fund vehicles, SPVs, trusts, co-invest vehicles, listed funds, MOMEs and management incentive…