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Deutsche Bank has appointed Mathew Kathayanat (widely known as Mat Kat) as APAC head of securities services product management. He will be based in Singapore. He was most recently head of product & strategy, APAC at BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, and has previously held a variety of roles with Citi in EMEA and APAC.

Vistra, the Singapore-based administrator, has promoted Jason Burgoyne to regional managing director for the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands, & the Middle East. He takes over from Derek Kemp, who has recently taken on the new role of Vistra’s chief operations & transformation officer.

IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based investor services provider, has scored a major coup with the hiring of Emma Crabtree as group chief commercial officer. Crabtree joins from BNP Paribas Securities Services, where she was global head of sales for the asset manager and alternatives segments. Before joining BP2S in 2016, Crabtree spent nearly 20 years at RBC.…

Apex has appointed John Davis as managing director, Singapore. Reporting to Valerie Mantot-Groene, regional managing director, APAC, he will be responsible for leading a team of over 100 local staff. He was most recently managing director, Singapore at Mainstream Group, the Australia-based administrator that Apex acquired in 2021.

Karsten Illy has been promoted to country head, Switzerland for Northern Trust. He takes over this responsibility from Wim van Ooijen and hands over his COO responsibility for Switzerland to André Debrunner, the current head of fund reporting. Wim van Ooijen maintains responsibility for Switzerland as part of his wider GFS executive role and continues…

GemCap, the Ireland-based provider of UCITS ManCo services, has appointed John Stokes as head of investment management and designated person with responsibility for investment management (PCF-39D). Based in Ireland, he reports to Conor Hoey, GemCap’s CEO, and joins the senior management team. Prior to joining GemCap, Stokes was head of investments and designated person with…