People Moves: Alacra, Capco, BGC Partners, Thomson Reuters and more
Some industry people moves, courtesy of Áine Hall at Hawk Search Alacra announced three new additions to its management team, with the appointments of Alan Samuels, Kelvin Dickenson and Kevin Kollar. (Alacra press release.) Capco announced the appointment of Jonathan Rose as a partner in their UK team. (Capco press release.) BGC Partners announced the...
Markit | Genpact KYC Services Builds Out Offer and Names Ex-Goldman Sachs Exec Jon May as CEO
Markit | Genpact KYC Services has marked six months of operation with the appointment of former Goldman Sachs executive Jon May as CEO, the registration of more than 600 buy-side firms and corporations with its Know Your Customer (KYC) service, and the development of workflows that allow large asset managers operating thousands of funds to...
Lou Eccleston, former S&P Capital IQ chief, to head Toronto Exchange Group
Former S&P Capital IQ chief Lou Eccleston is heading to Canada to join TMX Group as its new chief executive officer. In this role he’ll oversee a range of multi-asset class exchanges in Canada, including the Toronto Stock Exchange, the Canadian Depository for Securities, and the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corp. amongst others. Prior to S&P,...
Tom Dalglish Starts at SmartStream with a Transformation Project at Société Générale
Just weeks after moving on from iGate Global Solutions to join SmartStream Technologies as head of transformation services, Tom Dalglish is in Paris, working on a project at Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) that will manage and optimise the bank’s back-office securities processing. The project is led by Accenture Post-Trade Processing (APTP),...
More on Interactive Data’s Restructuring to Global Business Roles
News last week of Brendan Beith’s departure from Interactive Data was part of a wider restructuring in the company to streamline its operations and shift from a regional focus to a global one. Interactive Data’s chief operating officer Jay Nadler now has global business heads for each vertical reporting into him. Each global vertical business...
Updated: Brendan Beith Leaving Role as European Ref Data MD at Interactive Data
Brendan Beith is leaving Interactive Data, where he has been managing director, pricing and reference data for Europe, Middle East and Africa for the past four years. Update: His role is being filled by Claudio Salinardi of Thomson Reuters. Claudio has spent the past 10 years at Thomson Reuters, most recently as managing director, fixed...
Brett Hodge Leaves Avox for Fenergo Asia Pac
Brett Hodge has left his position as manager Asia at DTCC’s Avox to head up sales for Fenergo in its newly opened Asia Pacific operation. Brett will be based on sunny Sydney, Australia. This follows earlier expansion by the Irish company into Boston and New York at the start of the year. Fenergo’s CEO Marc...
Tom Dalglish Joins SmartStream
Tom Dalglish has moved on from iGate Global Solutions to join SmartStream Technologies, where he takes the title of head of transformation services. In this role, Dalglish will use his reference data management expertise to manage transformation projects for post-trade processing and data management services for global clients. His initial responsibility will be to manage...
Mark Hepsworth Returns to London as President of Interactive Data EMEA
Interactive Data has confirmed that Mark Hepsworth has returned to London to lead the company’s EMEA business as president. His responsibilities include the company’ pricing and reference data, trading solutions, managed solutions and desktops businesses in the region. Hepsworth remains a member of the company’s global executive committee. Hepsworth moved to London early this year...
Interactive Data’s Stephan Wolf is Named as CEO of the Global LEI Foundation
Stephan Wolf, chief technology officer and member of the executive board at Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG has been named as the CEO of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) that was established in June 2014 and will oversee the development and operation of the Central Operating Unit of the Global LEI System. The...