J.P. Morgan Asset Management has hired Jon Maier as Chief ETF Strategist, effective March 18. He will report to Bryon Lake, Global Head of ETF Solutions. Maier brings with him deep credibility and a proven track record, having held research-oriented roles for nearly 30 years. He previously served as Chief Investment Officer of ETFs for Global X. Prior to that, he was Managing Director, ETF Strategist, at Merrill Lynch, where he oversaw management of $50 billion.
TradingHub has appointed Stephen Bergin as CFO and Shayne Ganeson as Global Head of Sales and Relationship Management. With over two decades of financial executive leadership, Bergin has served as TradingHub’s Head of Finance since 2021. Prior to joining TradingHub, Bergin held financial leadership positions at Thomson Reuters, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Sega. Joining TradingHub in 2020, Ganeson previously served as the company’s North American Market Head. Ganeson has vast front-office and cross-product experience across the fixed-income, FX and equity markets, having previously held roles at Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley.
SIGMA Financial AI, a developer of AI-driven trading solutions, has hired Rachel Przybylski, as Chief Product Officer. She joins from Man Technology, where she was Head of Business delivery. Her career in global financial markets spans over 20 years, and she has held senior roles at leading institutions, including Saxo Capital Markets, Nasdaq and Nomura. Przybylski is also the co-chair of the FIX EMEA investment management working group.
DTCC has appointed Sharon Biran as Managing Director and Chief Client Officer, effective March 25. Biran joins the DTCC Executive Committee and will report to Francis J. La Salla, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director. She succeeds Timothy Keady, who announced he will leave the firm at the end of March. Biran joins DTCC from Accenture where she served from 2017 as Managing Director and Global Account Leader, which entailed leading some of Accenture’s largest and most complex banking and capital markets client relationships.
Matthieu Ressencourt has started a new position as Equity Derivatives Portfolio Manager at Rcube Asset Management and CEO at Belledonne Capital Management. He was previously Portfolio Manager – Head of Equity Absolute Return at SILEX.
Marex, a diversified global financial services platform, has appointed John W. Pietrowicz to the Group Board, who is expected to join later this year. He will serve as a member of the Audit & Compliance Committee. He was Chief Financial Officer of CME Group from 2015 until 2023, having joined CME Group in 2003.
The GLEIF Board of Directors has appointed Alexandre Kech to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective June 26, 2024. Alexandre Kech will join GLEIF as CEO-elect on May 1, 2024. Stephan Wolf, who has served as CEO since GLEIF’s inception in 2014, will work closely with Alexandre Kech to enable a smooth transition before stepping down after ten successful years in the role.
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