Alacra, a specialist vendor in client onboarding, reference data and business research solutions, reports the addition of three new members to its management, with the appointments of Alan Samuels (pictured to the left), Kelvin Dickenson and Kevin Kollar.
“Each brings valuable skills and experience and the appointments are a significant step in the company’s continued global growth,” Alacra officials say in a statement.
Samuels, vice president of Alacra Reference Data Solutions, is responsible for Alacra’s client, counterparty and legal entity reference data solutions. He spent more than 10 years leading data, research, tools and analytics businesses at Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings, and has extensive experience leading product management, data operations and market development functions in the financial services industry, according to the statement.
Kollar, vice president, sales – America, is leading the sales teams in North and South America, with responsibilities for new business and account management, Alacra says, noting that his previous posts included “sales leadership at the London Stock Exchange Group, overseeing its rapid expansion in the North American market.”
During his 16 years at Thomson Reuters, Kollar was global managing director of sales, helping to drive the sales teams. He has worked in New York, London and Boston, starting his career in financial services sales 23 years ago with Merrill Lynch, officials add.
Dickenson, vice president of Alacra Compliance Solutions, is a member of the charter class of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (CFCS), and a member of the advisory board at the Association of Certified Financial Crimes Specialists, Alacra reports. His responsibilities include overseeing Alacra’s customer-focused product roadmap for know your customer/anti-money laundering, vendor and third-party due diligence, supporting compliance with AML, sanctions and global anti-bribery and corruption regulatory requirements.
Dickenson joins Alacra after nine years at Dun & Bradstreet, most recently as managing director of compliance solutions. Before joining D&B, he spent 20 years in compliance, credit and loss prevention at major financial institutions, where his responsibilities included developing customer-identification policies, procedures, data sources, and technology solutions to meet the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, the company notes.
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