Financial management and technology consultancy Brickendon has appointed Hugh Whelan as a non-executive director. Brickendon is currently undergoing a growth plan to strengthen its international foothold, including opening an office in New York. Whelan has been working in the
Caledonia (Private) Investments, an independent global long/short equity investment manager, has appointed David Scully, former partner and chief marketing officer of Coatue Management, as vice chairman, US. In this new role, he will be based in New York and will
Principal has hired Suresh Singh as head of funds distribution for Asia, based in Singapore. Singh will be responsible for introducing the capabilities of Principal’s investment boutiques, covering specialities in equities, fixed income, real estate and alternatives, to key intermediaries,
Bill Salus has launched consultancy firm Paddock Consultancy, which aims to assist financial services companies with growth and management challenges. New York based Salus (pictured) has over 30 years of experience in executive management in the investment and asset servicing industry.
Lawson Conner, a provider of fund launch services, a regulatory hosting platform and capital introductions, has appointed Michael Denoon-Slater as head of capital introductions. He assumed responsibilities on 3 October 2016 and will be responsible for developing this new business across Europe, Asia and North
SALI Fund Services has appointed Jonas Katz as managing director and chief marketing officer. Katz (pictured) will be responsible for expanding the firm’s relationships with investment managers and life insurance companies as SALI looks to expand its insurance‐dedicated fund (IDF)
Laven Partners has appointed Nick Illsley as a director within the firm’s due diligence department. With over 11 years of experience in finance of which more than seven years in the hedge fund space, Illsley (pictured) will work to address
Chicago-based RJ O'Brien & Associates (RJO) has appointed industry veteran Daniel Staniford as executive director, responsible for the firm's institutional business development in New York and London. Staniford has more than two decades of experience in sales and management at
Odey Asset Management has appointed Dipankar Shewaram to the firm’s investment team to work alongside Tim Bond managing the Odey Odyssey Fund. Shewaram (pictured) previously worked at BlueBay Asset Management and Western Asset Management. Crispin Odey says: “Odey has
The University of Oxford has appointed Mihaela van der Schaar to the Man Professorship of Quantitative Finance, which is funded in perpetuity by a charitable gift of GBP3.3 million made in 2007 by the Charitable Trust of Man Group. Van
