Centaur Fund Services has appointed Louise Lawlor as Group Chief Financial Officer. Based in Centaur’s Dublin headquarters, Lawlor will lead Centaur’s global financial operations, finance teams and activities.Prior to joining Centaur, Lawlor worked at Key Capital, one of Ireland’s leading wealth, investment and corporate advisory firms, where she advised financial services businesses on mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and other strategic initiatives. Lawlor trained as an accountant in PwC’s asset management practice where she worked with a diverse range of private equity, hedge fund and mutual fund clients across the Dublin and New York offices. Louise also spent two years

Quantexa, a data and analytics software company specialising in contextual decision intelligence, has appointed form JP Morgan Chase CIO, Anabelle Bexiga, and former KPMG chairman, Simon Collins, to its advisory board.

Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ), a law firm focused on the private investment funds sector, has appointed Owen Schmidt as a partner in its Investment Management Group. Schmidt brings deep experience in private fund formation and compliance to SRZ’s funds practice.   Resident in the New York office, Schmidt joins the firm after spending almost seven years as a partner, general counsel and chief compliance officer at two large investment fund managers. Schmidt led the legal department at Falcon Edge Capital and at Valinor Management, where he was responsible for the formation and operation of credit, hedge and private equity funds

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global representative for alternative asset managers, has appointed a new Chair and Vice Chair as well as the formation of the new AIMA Council, the Association’s global board of directors for the 2020-2022 term with effect from 18 September.

Exberry, a provider of exchange technology has appointed Tony Mackay, the the founding CEO and Chairman of Chi-X Europe – an Instinet led consortium of global trading firms and investment banks– to its Advisory Board. Mackay will play a key role in advising the direction of the company and support Exberry in delivering its plans to introduce cloud based multi-asset class exchange infrastructure technology to the wider global market, enabling traditional, alternative and digital asset exchanges to launch, pivot and scale effectively.  Anticipating the potential of emerging digital assets and demand for alternative secondary market trading opportunities, Exberry’s infrastructure overcomes the

Strategic Capital Fund Management, an alternative investment product sponsor, has expanded its executive leadership team with the appointment of a Chief Financial Officer who brings extensive experience in the hedge fund, private equity, and real estate accounting space. Scott Corkery will be instrumental in supporting Strategic Capital Fund Management’s digital infrastructure (data centre and wireless telecom infrastructure) executive leadership team. “Scott will play an essential role in helping us expand our organisation as we work with institutional investors, both domestically and internationally, to help them take advantage of digital infrastructure investment opportunities,” says Jim Condon, President of Strategic Capital Fund Management.

Murano, the ‘matchmaker’ for funds and institutional investors, has launched a new consulting division, Murano Consulting.Murano Consulting will provide expert industry consulting services to asset managers and investment firms. Focusing primarily on business development and investor marketing, Murano Consulting will produce competitor analysis, investment strategy audits and other bespoke management consultancy services to help clients reach their financial goals. The consultancy has already worked on a number of projects for clients including: • Perception analysis of allocator attitudes towards and appetite for investing in private debt opportunities • Investor messaging and IR best practice for a household name multi-asset manager

BTON Financial has appointed fixed income and electronic trading expert, Andrew Bernard, as Non-Executive Director. Bernard joins BTON’s advisory board from Tradeweb, where he held a variety of senior positions over the past 17 years, including MD, Head of of Asia and as an MD in the London office. Prior to Tradeweb he served as Head of European Government Bond Sales and as Principal of the Global Leveraged Group for Bank of America, and Director of UK sales at Société Générale. Bernard will play a key role in shaping the direction of the company and delivering BTON Financial’s plans to bring

The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, the professional body for the global alternative investment industry, has Elizabeth Burton, CAIA, Chief Investment Officer, Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System, and William Ma, CFA, CAIA, Chief Investment Officer at Noah Holdings, have been elected to serve on CAIA’s Board of Directors.“Elizabeth and William are each outstanding additions to our board, and I join my colleagues in welcoming them and looking forward to all that they will contribute to our efforts,” says Valerie Sill, CFA, CAIA Chair of the CAIA Board of Directors and CEO of Dupont Capital Management. “Elizabeth’s perspective as an allocator

Fulcrum Asset Management (Fulcrum) has appointed Tetsuaki Take as Head of Fulcrum Japan, working closely with Fulcrum’s senior adviser in Japan, Akio Ohtsuka.Take will be responsible for enhancing Fulcrum’s presence in the Japanese market and building on the company’s strong relationship with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd (SuMi), Japan’s largest trust bank, with whom Fulcrum recently partnered to launch the Real Assets Optimal Fund. Prior to joining Fulcrum, Take was an investment director at SuMi TRUST. He has also worked as a product specialist for Allianz Global Investors and was a portfolio manager for UBS Global Asset Management. Tetsuaki has