Ocorian, a provider of corporate and fiduciary services, has launched its new Corporate Trust offering with the appointment of three experienced professionals from the banking sector – Sally Gilding, Chris Wilson and Sinead McIntosh. Their arrival follows the appointment of Alan Booth as Managing Director of Ocorian’s UK business in February, having previously held the role of Global Head of Product Management within Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Services Division.   Gilding, who has over 30 years’ experience in the legal and banking sector, joins as Senior Consultant and Non-Executive Director tasked with driving the strategic direction and roll-out of the new

Man GLG, the discretionary investment management business of Man Group, has appointed Marvin Caze and Graham Stafford as portfolio managers. Caze will focus on energy, based in New York, and Stafford will focus on healthcare, based in London. They will each report to Fabian Blohm and Neil Mason, Co-Heads of European Long-Short Equity at Man GLG.   Caze joins Man GLG from Citadel, where he covered the energy sector with a focus on US oil and gas. Prior to this, he spent seven years at Caisse de Depot et Placement de Quebec (CDPQ) where he built and co-managed a market

Laven Tech has appointed Alex Law as its new Technical Director for the Digital Compliance Assistant, Due Diligence Manager and Know Your Customer Assistant software products.    As Technical Director, Law will be responsible for the technical architecture for each software and providing oversight and leadership over Laven Tech’s in-house software and engineering team. Law will draw on his extensive skills as a software engineer with over 20 years of experience providing customer facings solutions from concept through release in both the United States and Europe.   Law’s experience in software automation, capacity planning and third-party data integration enables Laven to expand

SANNE has appointed Tracy Burns as Director of Global Operations. Based at SANNE’s headquarters in Jersey, Burns will be responsible for leading the development and rollout of SANNE’s operations, helping to support the business with its fast growth and creation of global operational centres of excellence. This appointment also sees Tracy becoming a member of the Groups Services leadership team led by Eric Watson, SANNE’s Chief Operating Officer.   Prior to joining SANNE, Burns was Chief Administrative Officer at RBSI, where she gained significant experience in leading specialist and large-scale operational teams including payments, change management, property services and AML

FIS Group, a manager of US and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, has appointed Robert Morier as a senior vice president of sales and marketing. Morier (pictured) will oversee FIS Group’s marketing and sales efforts, and will report directly to Tina Byles Williams, CEO and CIO of FIS Group.     “We are delighted to welcome Mr. Morier to the team,” says Byles Williams. “He brings over 18 years of experience in sales and marketing strategies for global and non-US equity and debt investment products, which serves to enhance our continued commitment to meet and exceed

JonesTrading Institutional Services has appointed Eduardo Seda as Vice President, Senior Energy Analyst, with responsibility for research coverage on Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) within the energy sector. Based in New York, Seda is an industry veteran, bringing over 25 years’ experience and expertise to JonesTrading. Prior to joining JonesTrading, he was a Senior Analyst at Sidoti & Company, LLC specialising in coverage of Small- and Mid-Cap Asset Managers and Other Financial Companies within the Financial Services sector. From 2009-2016, he was a Managing Director & Senior Analyst in the Energy Group at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co Inc, responsible for coverage

Neudata has appointed alternative data specialist Jan Scibor-Kaminski as Managing Director. Scibor-Kaminski (pictured), was previously Managing Director of Structured Retail Products (SRP), a data business for the structured products industry, and part of the Euromoney Institutional Investor group.   “I am excited to be joining such a talented, young, vibrant company in what is the most fast-paced and dynamic sector of the financial services industry: alternative data has disruptive capability for managers and investors alike and it is fascinating to be able to play a small part in shaping this nascent, game-changing industry” says Scibor-Kaminski. “I look forward to working closely with quantitative

CIFC, a credit manager specialising in US corporate and structured credit strategies, has appointed Joshua Hughes, who most recently served as Head of Global Distribution at Muzinich & Co., as Head of European Marketing, effective immediately. In this new role, Hughes (pictured), will lead CIFC’s fundraising efforts in the UK and throughout Europe as the firm establishes its European investment platform. Based in the firm’s new London office, Hughes reports to CIFC’s Co-CEO Oliver Wriedt.   “Joshua is a highly accomplished sales and marketing executive, whose credit industry expertise and deep institutional relationships will be instrumental as we further strengthen

Quaero Capital has moved to new offices in London’s West End following its recent merger with Asian fund management specialist Tiburon Partners. The firm’s decision is based on the expansion of Quaero following the deal with Tiburon whose staff have moved to the new office in King Street. They have been joined by the existing London based Quaero staff who, until recently, like the Tiburon staff, had offices close to the new location. The enlarged entity is already trading under the Quaero Capital brand.   The new office underpins Quaero’s commitment to the UK with a newly created single business