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Northern Trust Establishes Capital Markets Client Solutions Team and Announces Senior Appointments
Northern Trust has made a series of appointments within its global Capital Markets business and established a Capital Markets Client Solutions team. Within the Capital Markets institutional equity brokerage business, Glenn Poulter has been named global head of Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS), with Stephanie Farrell head of ITS-Americas and Amy Thorne head of ITS-EMEA.
Additionally, Jon Cherry is appointed head of Brokerage-Americas, Gerard Walsh is now global head of client solutions for Capital Markets, and Grant Johnsey will assume the newly created role as head of client solutions for Capital Markets in the Americas.
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 transformation, digital and innovation, private banking. At the ICMA, Jarratt will advance the association’s work in Fintech and digitalisation to bring greater efficiency, standardisation, and automation to capital markets.
Eventus Appoints Robbie McDonnell as Sales Director, Australia & New Zealand
Eventus, a global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, announced today that Robbie McDonnell has joined the firm as Sales Director, Australia & New Zealand. A 30-year veteran of financial markets technology, McDonnel has held a variety of senior roles, including in global sales and regional expansion in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Most recently, he ran a consultancy business specializing in risk management and anti-money laundering (AML) systems.
McDonnell will be based in Sydney, reporting to Scott Leader, the firm’s Managing Director, APAC.
Liquidnet Appoints Nichola Hunter as Global Head of Sales for Fixed Income
Liquidnet, the technology-driven agency execution specialist, has appointed Nichola Hunter as Global Head of Sales for Fixed Income. Hunter will be responsible for growing client relationships through the delivery of tailored and innovative solutions. Based in London, she reports directly to Liquidnet’s Global Head of Fixed Income, Mark Russell.
Hunter brings over 25 years of experience in banking and electronic trading. Prior to Liquidnet, she was Head of Rates at MarketAxess, a firm she joined following the acquisition of LiquidityEdge LLC, where she served as CEO. Before that, she held senior positions at ICAP including co-head of EBS Market, Global Head of Product Management for EBS and Global Head of Client Services for ICAP’s Electronic Broking business.
OpenFin Appoints Vicky Sanders as Chief Digital Officer
OpenFin, the operating system of enterprise productivity, has appointed Vicky Sanders as Chief Digital Officer, to drive digital transformation across the company’s ecosystem of buy-side and sell-side institutions, along with the global vendor community.
Sanders most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer for TP ICAP Group’s Agency Execution division, where she was responsible for overseeing the commercial strategy of the Liquidnet and Coex Partners businesses. Prior to that she co-founded RSRCHXchange in 2014, a disruptive fintech operating as an aggregator and marketplace for institutional research, leading the business through the acquisition by Liquidnet. Earlier in her career, Sanders held roles at Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch.
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 having led teams across functions including corporate and investment banking, risk, finance, financial crime, infrastructure, data, and architecture. He also held a number of senior roles in technology at NatWest between 2007 and 2014.
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 to that, he held a 12-year tenure at JP Morgan, during which his responsibilities included head of securities and prime brokerage operations.
Following the success of Broadridge’s consulting business in the US, Turmaine will be responsible for expanding the footprint of Broadridge’s post-trade and digital asset consultancy across the UK, Europe and APAC. The practice helps buy-side and sell-side firms improve operational efficiency by driving data-informed decision making, process optimization, and digital innovation and automation.
TS Imagine Appoints Thomas Bodenski as Chief Operating Officer
TS Imagine, provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, has appointed Thomas Bodenski as COO as the firm expands its executive team to support its rapid growth.
Bodenski was previously Chief Transformation and Data Officer at the company, and earlier in his career held senior roles at FOXEYE, State Street, Capco, CSC and NTS New Technology Systems Bodenski. Based in New York, he will lead business operations across TS Imagine’s integrated trading, portfolio, and real-time risk solutions.
TS Imagine Appoints Three New Board Members
TS Imagine, the trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions company, has announced the appointment of three new non-executive board members to support the firm’s rapid growth. They are Thomas Chippas, previously CEO of ErisX who now serves on the board of Eris Clearing, LLC; Sabrina Wilson, Chief Operating Officer of the institutional digital asset infrastructure firm Copper.co; and John Stracquadanio, co-founder of private investment firm, Appia Ventures.
The senior appointments follow TS Imagine’s announcement of strong growth a year after the merger of TradingScreen and Imagine Software, including 100 new hires during the first half of this year.
ACA Group Names ESG Veteran as European MD
The ACA Group has named former United Nations Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI) European director Marie Luchet as its new Managing Director of ESG. Luchet will lead the governance, risk and compliance adviser’s European operations. In her more-than 20 years working in ESG, Luchet also served as Head of Responsible Investment with ECOFI Investissements and as an ESG sell-side analyst with CIC Market Solutions.