Paradigm Governance Partners Limited, a governance and financial services firm with a presence in the Cayman Islands and New York whose offering includes independent directors, distressed fund and value recovery services, family office outsourced financial reporting, AML officers, and AEOI and economic substance solutions, has expanded its Cayman Islands presence with the addition of experienced independent director Cary Marr. 

The Association for Digital Asset Markets (ADAM) has appointed Jeffrey Blockinger as its first Chief Executive Officer. 

genesis, a global capital markets software firm, has expanded its management team with the appointment of Nick Kolba as Global Head of Platform.  

Ryan Willson, formerly the CEO of Lateef Investment Management, has joined Creighton AI as Partner & Head of North America to help build the firm’s business in the USA and Canada.

WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, has appointed Gary Chropuvka as President. 

TORA, provider of a cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS), has added Mark Mazor & Joe Zonenshine to the firm’s global outsourced trading team.

FlexTrade Systems, a specialist in multi-asset execution and order management systems, has appointed Paul Beatty, a former Bloomberg Tradebook vet and industry veteran with over 25 years’ experience in FX, as Director of Business Development.

Dallas headquartered Strait Fund Services (STRAIT) has made a strategic hire in Houston, Texas with the appointment of Michael Barakat.

venlode Investment, an Oxfordshire-based independent investment manager, has added experienced global equities specialist, James Knoedler, to its global equities team. 

Geneva-based asset management firm NOTZ STUCKI is to develop its asset management business by stepping up its efforts to promote and distribute its in-house investment funds.