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IQ-EQ has appointed Jeff Kelly as its new Country Delivery Director for the Cayman Islands.In this leadership role, Kelly will be responsible for overseeing client service delivery within the Cayman office and will work closely with the rest of the local leadership team to drive forward IQ-EQ’s business strategy for the jurisdiction.
Kelly has more than 17 years of experience in the Cayman Islands financial services industry spanning both the public accounting and private sectors, with the last five years as an Executive Audit Director and Managing Partner for two international auditing firms. Jeff’s audit clients represented a broad range
Cayman-based alternative fund governance specialist Danesmead Partners has appointed ex Arrowgrass Investor Relations and Goldman Sachs Executive Director, Daniella Woolf, as a principal of the firm in its London office.Woolf will serve as a consultant to start up and established alternative investment groups in London. She will provide consultancy services to Danesmead clients on operational due diligence, ESG and responsible investing, new business set-up and on-going business reviews.
Woolf has spent more than 10 years in the financial services sector with a focus on hedge fund infrastructure. Both the buy-side and sell-side. Her recent experience includes managing the launch of
CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, has appointed Thomas Barkhuff as Chief Information Officer. Barkhuff, who will report to Chief Executive Officer Marc Bayle de Jessé and serve as a member of the Executive Management Committee, will oversee CLS’s technology and information security strategy and operations. He will be responsible for ensuring the continued delivery of stable, resilient and effective IT services, applications and infrastructure, commensurate with CLS’s role as a systemically important financial market infrastructure. He will also play a central role in supporting CLS’s efforts to continue delivering market-wide solutions that provide transparency, mitigate
Alternative asset and corporate business services provider SANNE, has appointed Katy Hodgetts as Director in its Guernsey office.
Ideal Prediction, an independent trading analysis and data science company for capital markets, has appointed Walter Bell as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO).An industry leading quantitative analyst and technologist, Walter has more than 20 years of experience in capital markets, working in a variety of roles across multiple asset classes.
Walter joined Ideal Prediction from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he led an international team as the Global Head of Rates eTrading Quants. Prior to this, he managed technology teams in eFX Development, Cross Asset Trading and Global Arbitrage Trading at Credit Suisse. Earlier in his career he was a
Sterling Trading Tech (STT) has appointed Farid (Freddy) Zainal as the Director of Business Development.
Elaine Breen has been appointed by INDOS Financial, an independent fund depositary and oversight business, as Head of Legal & Compliance for its Irish operations. Breen was formerly the General Counsel at BlackBee Investments, an investment firm in Cork City, Ireland and prior to this, held senior roles at IFG Group PLC and Willis.
Breen is a member of the judging panel for the global Women in Compliance Awards, the Early Irish Career Awards and is an assessor for the Good Governance Awards for the not-for-profit sector. Elaine was also recognised in the 2019 Ireland General Counsel Powerlist.
“We are very
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA), an international nonprofit trade and nonpartisan lobbying organisation, has announced the results of its 2020 Global Board of Directors election. HFA members re-elected Camille Clemons, Jennifer Keeney and Emily Slocum, and elected Jill Calton, Lauri Goodwyn, James Koutoulas, Alexander Reyes and Joshua Stone. All HFA Directors are volunteers serving for up to two consecutive three-year terms.
Jill Calton, UMB Fund Services
Camille Clemons, Cohen & Company
Lauri Goodwyn, Seward & Kissel LLP
Jennifer Keeney, BNY Mellon Wealth Management
James Koutoulas, Typhon Capital Management
Alexander Reyes, Citrin Cooperman
Emily Slocum, GQR Global Markets
Joshua Stone, FundsLawyer PLLC
Atalaya Capital Management has appointed Rebecca Chia as Head of Business Development and Investor Relations. Chia will oversee the firm’s capital development efforts.“Atalaya has extensive private investment expertise across asset classes and has brought on additional talent and infrastructure over the past year to position the business to capitalise on public market opportunities and future market dislocations. Rebecca is a timely and well-placed addition to our strategy to further deepen the pool of talent at Atalaya. I am confident she will strengthen relationships with our investors, contribute to managing our brand, and help drive growth across the Atalaya platform. We
ventus Systems, a global trade surveillance and risk management software platform provider, has made appointed of four seasoned finance, market and technology professionals who collectively bring 80 years of experience to key positions.
