Tim Lind Leaves GoldenSource for Strategy Role at Omgeo, Sees Opportunities to Partner Swift on SSIs
Tim Lind has parted ways with enterprise data management specialist GoldenSource for pastures new at Thomson Financial/DTCC-owned post-trade, pre-settlement solutions provider Omgeo. As Omgeo’s new managing director, strategic planning, Lind reports directly to president and CEO Marianne Brown, and is also a member of Omgeo’s executive team. Lind’s move must be viewed as something of...
Asset Control Appoints Misys’ Bennfors CFO; IBM’s Katsoff Head of Services
Asset Control has appointed two new executives to its senior management team. Peter Bennfors joins the company from his role as operations director with the treasury and capital markets group at Misys as chief financial officer, and Rich Katsoff joins from IBM, where he was associate partner within the business consulting/financial markets group, in a...
Siperian Expands Team with Four Key Hires
Siperian, developer of a master data management (MDM) platform, has appointed four people to its executive team in response to the company’s growth and expansion into new markets. Joining Siperian are Dr Jeff Sidell in the newly created position of chief scientist; Sean Ward as vice president, worldwide sales; Tony Spensieri as vice president, financial...
CMA Appoints Peter Vitale Vice President, Sales
CMA, the credit information specialist, has appointed Peter Vitale as vice president, sales for its credit market pricing data (CMA DataVision) and intraday services (CMA QuoteVision). Vitale, previously head of sales at GFI’s Data & Analytics North America Division, will be based in New York, charged with responsibility for sales and account management globally.
Data Explorers Expands Client Relationship Management Team
Securities lending data provider Data Explorers has expanded its London and Boston sales and client services teams. Colette Vernon joins the CRM team in London, and Stephanie Le Blanc joins the Boston team, both reporting to Lucy McIntosh, head of client services. Vernon previously spent more than five years at Clearstream Banking as a senior...
Standard & Poor’s Appoints Burleigh Head of Sales EMEA
Standard & Poor’s has hired Damian Burleigh as head of sales and client service in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Burleigh, previously vice president, sales, Europe for S&P in London, will be responsible for sales and client relationships across Standard & Poor’s range of products and services.
Markit Expands Executive Team with Cameron Hire
Markit Group has appointed Niall Cameron to its executive management team. Cameron joins Markit as an executive vice president and will take responsibility for Markit’s Index Management and Equities businesses. Most recently Cameron was global head of traded markets and member of the global markets executive committee at ABN Amro, where he worked for more...
Markit Hires Ex-Morgan Stanley Man Gooch to Head Valuations
An outsourced portfolio valuations service could save the industry significant amounts of money by eliminating duplication of effort by investment banks, custodians and trustees. So believes Jeff Gooch, recently appointed to head Markit Group’s portfolio valuations and trade processing businesses. Gooch joins the Markit executive management team following an 11-year stint at Morgan Stanley, where...
A-Team Group Scores James Hartley as VP of Research
A-Team Group has hired James Hartley as vice president of research. Prior to joining A-Team, Hartley spent four years as chief technologist at the Software Information Industry Association/Financial Information Services Division (SIIA/FISD). While there, he developed and supported MDDL – the Market Data Definition Language – and facilitated the global conversation on securities processing automation....
CMA Bags Investment Banking Veteran Jav Bose for QuoteVision
CMA, the credit information specialist, has named Jav Bose as director of product management for CMA’s price discovery service, CMA QuoteVision. Bose has nearly 20 years’ experience in trading and technology, working for investment banks including Calyon, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, UBS and HSBC.