SmartSearch Appoints Former Dow Jones Executive as CEO

SmartSearch, an anti-money laundering specialist using electronic entity verification, has named Guy Harrison as CEO with responsibility to drive the company’s strategic growth plan. Harrison joins from Dow Jones, where he was general manager of the company’s risk and compliance business. He takes over the CEO role from SmartSearch CEO and founder John Dobson, who launched the business in 2011 and will remain with the company as a non-executive director.

NeoXam Names Former State Street COO as Managing Director for EMEA West

NeoXam has named former State Street COO France, Bruno Noyon, as managing director for the EMEA West region. Noyon joins NeoXam having most recently been managing director of IQ-EQ France and CEO of Equitis Gestion. Prior to this, he spent over 15 years as COO and senior vice president of State Street’s Global Servicing business in France. He has also held the role of global head of performance and data management at AXA Investment Managers. Noyon will be responsible for business growth in the region and will oversee over 100 consultants and an experienced distribution team.

Moody’s Appoints Former ISS Director to ESG Role

Moody’s ESG Solutions clients can now examine how companies’ emissions targets align with global net-zero benchmarks via a new Temperature Alignment Data product. The launch came as the company published a report that showed fewer than half of 4,400 companies surveyed had set emissions targets and only 17 per cent mentioned “net-zero”. Meanwhile, Moody’s has named former Institutional Shareholder Services Managing Director Julia Haake as its Managing Director for Market Strategy. Paris-based Haake will report to Moody’s ESG Solutions Global Head Andrea Blackman.

PRI Names Former Board Member Atkin as Next CEO

The Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI), the United Nations’ body that’s drawing up guidelines for sustainable finance, has appointed former AMP Capital executive David Atkin as its new Chief Executive. Atkin will take over the reins from Fiona Reynolds on December 10. In a career that has spanned major Australian asset managers Cbus, ESS Super and JUST SUPER, Atkin also spent six years on the PRI board of directors. PRI Chair Martin Skancke said: “David brings a strong understanding of the needs of PRI’s signatories to the organisation, with a sophisticated knowledge of the priorities and management of asset owners gained from his time in the investment industry.” Reynolds will remain at the PRI in an advisory capacity.

Encompass Hires VP of Customer Success and Delivery

Encompass, a provider of automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, continues to build its executive team with the addition of Nicola Pickering to the newly created role of vice president of customer success and delivery. She has worked across client success management, programme delivery and product design, and will be responsible for ensuring an evolving list of customers continues to get the best from the Encompass product. The appointment comes as current head of customer success and delivery, Dr Henry Balani, transitions to the role of global head of industry and regulatory affairs.

Encompass Strengthens Executive Team to Support Entry into North America

Encompass, a provider of automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, has added two  members to its executive team to support growth plans. Alan Samuels, previously head of products at the company, and Magalie Pimentel, former head of marketing, have been promoted to vice president, product and vice president, marketing respectively.

As well as overseeing the strategic direction of their functions, Samuels and Pimental join Encompass cofounders Wayne Johnson and Roger Carson, alongside other key leaders, as part of the group responsible for steering global output and achieving key objectives.

The management changes follow the move of Alex Ford, previously vice president of product and marketing, to a new role that will lead Encompass’ entry into North America later this year.

Delta Capita Names Ex-Fenergo and Avox Exec Oliver White as Head of CLM Sales

Delta Capita, a provider of managed services, technology solutions and consulting, has appointed Oliver White as head of sales with a focus on the company’s Karbon end-to-end client lifecycle management (CLM) proposition. White joins Delta Capita from Enveil, where he opened and led the London office for the Washington-based privacy enhancing technology company. Prior to this, he held the role of head of UK sales at both Fenergo and Avox.

KX Names ex-TIBCO Executive Mark Bannon as President of Sales, North America

Mark Bannon has joined KX as president of sales, North America, with responsibility for the company’s growth in the region. He will partner the North America sales organisation across finance and other industries to meet growing need for ultra-high performance, real-time data analytics. Bannon joins KX from TIBCO and brings a mix of deep industry expertise in data management, including streaming analytics, as well as experience in enterprise software sales. Previously, Bannon led sales for StreamBase Systems before its acquisition by TIBCO and the integration of its streaming analytics offering.

GoldenSource Hires ex-ION Director to Lead OnDemand Managed Service Solution

GoldenSource has appointed Xavier Gerardin, formerly lead of hosted services at ION, as global head of its OnDemand solution, a cloud-based managed service that provides hosting, technical and business assistance services for the company’s EDM clients. With 20 years’ experience in capital markets, including managing over 100 financial software programmes, Gerardin’s responsibility at GoldenSource is to bring new levels of efficiency to clients data management lifecycle. He comments: “In this complex environment, our OnDemand offering enables clients to reduce fixed costs and complexity, while increasing the scope and quality of the services they receive.”

NeoXam Names Mark Hembury as Head Of Sales for DACH and CEE Regions

NeoXam has named former SIX Financial Information managing director, Mark Hembury, as head of sales for the DACH – Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, and CEE Central and Eastern Europe regions. Hembury held several senior roles across a six-year period at SIX and previously worked at Thomson Reuters, Moody’s Investor Services, and Reuters. At NeoXam, he is responsible for accelerating new business growth across NeoXam’s product suite, as well as helping develop existing client relationships.