Neptune Networks, a fixed income network for disseminating real-time axe data, has announced senior management changes at the firm. Following agreement by the Board, John Robinson will move to the role of Executive Chairman and Byron Cooper-Fogarty will become CEO on April 1, 2024. Robinson is currently CEO of Neptune, having joined the firm in November 2020. Current Neptune COO, Cooper-Fogarty has been at Neptune for seven years, and previously held the role of Interim CEO in 2020.
Mirova US has hired Stéphane Detobel and Francis Verpoucke, two highly recognized business professionals in the North American region. Having worked as a duo for over two decades, first at Amundi in Europe and North America for 12 years and more recently at TOBAM as both Managing Directors North America, Detobel and Verpoucke will initially promote Mirova’s global equity, global fixed income, energy transition infrastructure and private equity strategies. In the future, Mirova intends to open its natural capital expertise to North American investors as well.
Trillium Surveyor, a provider of post-trade surveillance and best execution software, has appointed Lisa Balter Saacks as President. Saacks joins the Trillium Surveyor team with a wealth of B2B, SaaS, and fintech expertise. Over the past 20 years, Saacks has held multiple sales and management roles in which she successfully built and executed on aggressive business growth plans. Prior to joining Trillium Surveyor, she was a Managing Director at Winning by Design, a B2B SaaS consulting firm, where she helped high-growth and Fortune 500 companies design, build, and scale their B2B revenue organizations.
The Financial Technology Association (FTA) has made Tom Manatos, Head of Federal Affairs at Block, as Chair of FTA’s Board of Directors. He brings over a decade of experience in government affairs and trade associations to his role as Board Chair, including previous positions as Vice President of Government Relations at Spotify and Vice President of Federal Government Affairs at the Internet Association.
BlueFlame AI, a generative AI platform for alternative investment managers, announced it has expanded its executive team with four strategic senior hires, including Justin Guthrie as Chief Financial & Strategy Officer, James Tedman as Head of Europe and Head of Information Security, Michael Donnelly as Head of Client Success and Mauri Lowery as Director of Executive Operations.
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