ING has appointed Debbie Janeczek as chief information security officer (CISO), effective January 13, 2025. Janeczek will report to Daniele Tonella, ING’s global chief technology officer and member of the Management Board Banking. She succeeds Henrik van Bruggen, who successfully acted as global CISO ad interim next to his role as global head of Tech Strategy & Enterprise Architecture. Janeczek is joining from Swift, the messaging network used for international transactions between banks, where she was the chief security officer. She has worked for industry-leading financial services, technology companies, and top government organisations, where she has built and executed security strategies and implemented security programmes.
Enrico Bruni and Troy Dixon have been named to the newly-created roles of Co-Heads of Global Markets at Tradeweb Markets, effective January 2025. Bruni is presently Managing Director and Head of Europe and Asia business for Tradeweb, a position he has held since 2013. He joined Tradeweb in 2002 and has been instrumental in developing the company’s interest rate swaps business in Europe and Asia. With nearly 30 years of financial services industry experience, Dixon is presently Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Hollis Park Partners. Dixon, who is presently a member of the Tradeweb Board, will step down from the Board effective December 31, 2024 in connection with his new role. He will join the Tradeweb Executive Committee alongside Bruni and the Company’s other senior leaders.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Mike Cowley as Head of International Investor Communications Service Delivery business, based in London. Cowley’s extensive experience working with Central Securities Depositories (CSDs), exchanges, sub custodians and global custodians uniquely position him to help refine and harmonize operational processes across markets. His previous role was Global Head of Asset Services Product Development at Citibank where he led transformative initiatives to enhance service delivery. Prior to this, he served as Global Head of Custody and Domestic Fund Services Operations at Deutsche Bank where he managed multinational teams covering a range of operational frameworks.
Versana, an industry-backed enterprise data and technology company, has hired Amrita Ganguly as Head of Strategy and Corporate Development, Julia Kingsbury as Product Strategist and Melissa Magner as Head of Legal. As new members of Versana’s leadership team, all three will work closely with Founding CEO Cynthia Sachs. Most recently, Ganguly was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley within Strategic Investments focused on opportunities in the fintech and market structure spaces. Kingsbury’s prior roles included Managing Director, Global Head of Credit Operations at Credit Suisse and CSAM, where she was instrumental in shaping the bank’s market-leading franchise over the course of three decades. Prior to this role, Magner was a Director at BlackRock leading teams that supported the US financial markets advisory, wealth tech and institutional asset management businesses.
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has announced that its Board of Directors has elected Jeroen Krens as its new Chair, effective January 1, 2025. The move follows the decision of former Chair Eric Litvack to step down after 10 years in the role. Krens is Managing Director, COO, Markets & Securities Services at HSBC Bank. He has worked for HSBC for 10 years and has had two stints on the ISDA Board – from January 2012 to February 2014 while working at Royal Bank of Scotland and since November 2016 while at HSBC.
Jeff Conway has joined SimCorp’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Conway brings deep knowledge of digital transformation and client experience innovation. His career spans several decades in senior executive and board roles. This includes more than 30 years at State Street Corporation, where he was a long-standing member of the firm’s management committee and held positions such as Head of Global Delivery and Business Transformation, as well as CEO for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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