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.
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Next Gate Tech hires industry heavyweight as CRO
Next Gate Tech, the Luxembourg-based fintech specialising in data management and data analytics for the asset management and asset servicing industries, has hired Eduardo Gramuglia Pallavicino as chief revenue officer. Gramuglia was previously head of State Street’s business in Luxembourg, and has also worked at BBH.
Vistra appoints new regional MD
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.
Emma Crabtree joins IQ-EQ
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 appoints new Singapore MD
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.
Sal Nayeer joins BNY Mellon
Salmaan (Sal) Nayeer has joined BNY Mellon in Hong Kong to head the front to back middle office product in APAC. He was previously at HSBC, where he was the APAC middle office product manager.
Karsten Illy promoted by Northern Trust
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 hires senior manager
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…
Nick Maton leaves Intertrust for fintech
Nick Maton has joined AlphaFX Group, a UK-listed fintech as MD, Luxembourg country head. He joins from Intertrust, where he was Luxembourg country head.
FIS hires State Street digital expert
FIS, the U.S.-based fintech, has appointed Ralph Achkar as head of product strategy for digital assets, currency, and blockchain. He joins from State Street, where he led digital product development for EMEA and ASPAC.