Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Simon Robertshaw as Chief Technology Officer for Front Office Trading Capabilities. Based in London, Robertshaw will bring together and evolve all front-office trading capabilities across the organization – both sell side and buy side – across asset classes and jurisdictions. He joins Broadridge from his previous role as Chief Operating Officer at The Bank of London. Over the course of his career, he has held several leadership roles at UBS, Wachovia Bank, J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs.
Joerg Ambrosius, executive vice president and chief commercial officer, has been appointed president of State Street Investment Services. Ambrosius brings more than 30 years of financial services experience, with a successful track record of leading client management, sales and revenue growth, focusing on the needs of asset managers and institutional investors. Ambrosius assumed an expanded role in October 2023 with overall leadership of Investment Services’ client facing activities and full responsibility for its international organization to better enable a differentiated client experience for clients worldwide. Mostapha Tahiri will remain as State Street’s chief operating officer.
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed Travis Spence as Global Head of ETFs. In his new role, Spence will lead the ETF Product Development, Capital Markets, and newly formed ETF Insights teams, while continuing to head ETF distribution in EMEA. Travis is a proven leader with a track record of success across his 20-year career with J.P. Morgan Asset Management. As Head of EMEA ETF distribution since 2023, he helped establish J.P. Morgan as the leader in Active ETFs in Europe.
John Hunter has joined Scotiabank as Managing Director, US Global Transaction Banking. In his new role, Hunter will lead the development and expansion of Scotiabank’s Cash Management Services business in the United States. Hunter has more than 25 years of leadership in payments and transaction banking product management. His impressive track record includes key roles at Wells Fargo, where he spearheaded product development for payments and transaction services, and at JP Morgan, where he served as the Head of Global Clearing.
Nasdaq Private Market (NPM), a provider of secondary liquidity solutions to private companies, employees, and investors, has named Brett Mock as Chairman of NPM International. In this new role, Mock will be responsible for creating new distribution partnerships with financial institutions in key strategic NPM growth markets across Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East. Since 2021, Mock has served as a Senior Vice President and the Head of Global Capital Markets at NPM. He has 30 years of industry experience. Prior to NPM, he was a Senior Vice President and Head of Sales at Capital Markets Gateway, between 2017 and 2020. Previously, he was a Partner and Managing Director at JonesTrading.
Russell Investments has hired Ayesha Parra as Global Head of Alternatives to lead the overall business strategy for the firm’s alternatives platform globally. Parra, who joined in July, leads a team of alternatives specialists who incorporate private markets into the firm’s solutions business to deliver more efficient diversification, as well as expand the firm’s alternative capabilities. Based in the New York office, Parra also serves as a member of the firm’s Operating Committee
Jefferies Financial Group has announced the appointment of the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group’s President and Group Chief Executive Officer, Toru Nakashima, to Jefferies’ Board of Directors. The appointment of Nakashima further strengthens the strategic alliance between Jefferies and the SMBC Group first announced in 2021 and then further expanded in 2023 and 2024.
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