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Peter Serenita Joins Element22 as Advisory Partner

Peter Serenita, one of the first global CDOs in financial services, and chairman of the EDM Council’s board of directors, has joined Element22, a provider of data, data management and analytics solutions and consulting services, as an advisory partner. His role will include collaborating with Element22’s clients on a variety of projects using his knowledge…

Niresh Rajah Moves on From Grant Thornton to Take CDO Role at Danske Bank

Niresh Rajah, currently managing director and head of the digital, data and RegTech practice at Grant Thornton in the UK, will join Danske Bank as CDO and a member of the technology and services leadership team with effect from 17 April 2023. Rajah will work with Danske Bank COO and member of the executive leadership…

GoldenSource Names Swati Tyagi as Chief Product Officer

GoldenSource has appointed Swati Tyagi as chief product officer based in New York, leading the product team, and overseeing product strategy. She will also join the management team with her experience of integrating applications brought together by acquisition an important factor as GoldenSource looks to incorporate acquisitions into its growth strategy. Tyagi joins GoldenSource from…

Xceptor Replaces Retiring CEO Andrew Kouloumbrides with SAP Executive Michiel Verhoeven

Xceptor, provider of a data automation platform, has announced the retirement of CEO Andrew Kouloumbrides and the appointment of Michiel Verhoeven as its new CEO. Verhoeven, managing director of SAP UK and Ireland, will take over leadership of Xceptor on 3 April 2023.

Etrading Hires Senior Execs to Expand Regulatory Data Services

Etrading Software has hired two senior executives to expand its regulatory data services. The company most recently released the Digital Token Identifier, an ISO standard identifier designed to help market participants and public authorities unambiguously identify digital assets. Joining Etrading are Liz Callaghan as chief strategy officer for regulatory data services, and Catherine Sutcliffe as…

ICMA Names Former HSBC Exec Georgina Jarratt as Head of Fintech and Digitalisation

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has named Georgina Jarratt as managing director, head of fintech and digitalisation, and a member of the executive committee. She joins from HSBC where she has worked since 2005 in roles including global programme director,  global head of business transformation, global banking and markets, and most recently, head of…

NatWest Names Scott Marcar as Group Chief Information Officer

NatWest Group has announced that Scott Marcar will join its executive committee as group chief information officer from 5 September 2022, subject to regulatory approval, and reporting directly to CEO Alison Rose. Marcar joins from Deutsche Bank, where he was chief information officer for the investment bank. Marcar has over 25 years of technology experience…

Broadridge Hires David Turmaine as UK Lead for Consulting Services

Broadridge has hired David Turmaine as UK practice lead for its consulting services business. He joins Broadridge from Capco, where he was executive director with responsibility for driving digital transformation in the financial services industry. Turmaine’s career also includes a management role at Accenture, where he was an industry SME for Accenture post-trade processing. Prior…

Bank of England Senior Advisor Sholthana Begum Moves to FCA as Data Strategy Lead

Sholthana Begum, senior advisor and head of division at the Bank of England, and a popular A-Team Group Summit speaker, has left the bank after a 16-year career. Moving on, she will join the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as head of the data and data strategy department. Begum joined the Bank of England in 2006…

CDO Pioneer Peter Serenita Retires from Scotiabank After Distinguished Career in Capital Markets

Peter Serenita, a pioneer of the CDO role and a popular speaker at A-Team Group’s  Data Management Insight Summits, has retired after a distinguished career spanning more than 20 years in capital markets data management. In a LinkedIn post early this week, Serenita wrote: “Well, the time has come. I have officially retired. I have…