Custom House Global Fund Services, an independent hedge fund administration specialist, is expanding its sales and operations in North America with the appointment of Sebastien Sacre as Managing Director of the Chicago office – the US headquarters for Custom House – while John Lumley, has joined as the Head of Sales, Americas, based in New York.
"We are extremely pleased to have talent of the caliber of Sebastien and John join our global team and spearhead our operations and business development in the Americas," says Mark Hedderman, CEO, Custom House Global Fund Services. He added, "Sebastien is responsible for the running of our Chicago office and also the further enhancement of our PERE offering while John's invaluable experience across operations, product and business development places him perfectly to lead Custom House's growth in the region."
Sacre joined Custom House from JP Morgan Chase, where he was a Vice President and Office Lead in the Private Equity and Real Estate Services group, managing the fund administration for private equity funds of several internal and external clients. Prior to joining JP Morgan Chase, Sacre was a Senior Manager in the Audit Financial Services Industry group at Ernst &Young, working out of E&Y's Luxembourg, Toronto and Chicago offices, handling the audits of hedge funds, private equity funds and mutual funds.
Lumley has over sixteen years' experience in fund administration across operations, product and business development and was previously Product Head for Global Fund Services at JP Morgan, New York. In addition to positions at JP Morgan, he has experience on both alternative investments and investment banking with roles at GlobeOp Financial Services, Deutsche Bank, and Salomon Brothers.
