In other People News items, AIM Software fills CEO post, Asset Control hires from Traiana, Axioma focuses on people and talent, and ISITC honors an industry veteran.
Jamie McDonald to Start CFTC Post on April 10
James McDonald, who has served as a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, has been named the director of the CFTC’s Enforcement Division, according to the CFTC’s Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo.
McDonald will replace Vince McGonagle, who has been serving as acting director of enforcement since February when Aitan Goelman stepped down from the post, following the start of the Trump administration. Giancarlo says that McGonagle will stay with the CFTC and “will continue his fine work at the Commission under Mr. McDonald.”
J. Christopher Giancarlo, acting chairman, CFTC
McDonald was most recently a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, and “brings to the agency a successful track record of pursuing white collar and other crimes,” according to the CFTC. McDonald will assume his new duties on April 10.
For the Southern District of New York, McDonald served as an assistant U.S. attorney and most recently in the public corruption unit, officials say.
“While at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. McDonald prosecuted a wide variety of cases, including serving as a member of the trial team that successfully prosecuted former Speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver for public corruption offenses,” according to the CFTC. Earlier in his career, McDonald served as a law clerk to the John G. Roberts, Jr., the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Jamie McDonald’s appointment as the Director of the Enforcement Division is a signal to those who may seek to cheat or manipulate U.S. markets that there will be no pause, no let up and no relaxation in the CFTC’s mission to enforce the law and punish wrongdoing,” Giancarlo says in a prepared statement.
In a statement, McDonald says that he is “committed to continuing, and building on, in the coming years” the work of McGonagle and Goelman.
AIM Software Appoints New CEO
Gayatri Raman, CEO, AIM Software
AIM Software, a specialist in buy-side enterprise data management software, reports the appointment of Gayatri Raman as CEO, effective immediately. She moves up from the AIM chief operating officer (COO) post.
Raman has held management positions with Capgemini and Headstrong, among other financial services firms, and has worked in North America, Australia and Europe, says AIM Software, which maintains offices in Vienna, New York, London, Luxembourg and Zurich.
Asset Control Hires from Traiana for Head of International Sales
Data management vendor Asset Control reports the appointment of Gary Appleby as head of international sales, effective immediately.
Appleby is “responsible for Asset Control’s EMEA and APAC sales teams, with the objectives of managing and growing the company’s existing clients’ use of its Asset Control suite of services, and expanding its international client base in line with market and regulatory interest,” Asset Control says in a statement.
Appleby, a market data and financial technology veteran, will report to CEO Mark Hepsworth and be based at the company’s London headquarters. He joins from Traiana, where he served as head of sales and account management for Europe, Asset Control says, noting his previous sales posts at Thomson Reuters, Bridge Information Systems and Dow Jones Telerate, among others.
At its website, Asset Control spotlights the quality of the “reference, market and risk data” it delivers to financial organizations and participants.
Axioma Names Managing Director, People & Talent
Jacqueline Gaillard, managing director, Axioma
Axioma, a provider of enterprise market risk and portfolio management solutions, reports the appointment of Jacqueline Gaillard as managing director, people and talent.
She was previously senior vice president, human resources and talent management, at International Securities Exchange (ISE), which Axioma characterizes as the first all-electronic U.S. options exchange.
Gaillard joined ISE in 2003 as head of human resources. “Earlier in her career she was Vice President Human Resources at Reed Business Information, after holding a number of HR positions in the fashion apparel industry,” Axioma says in a statement.
Mark Del Col Receives ISITC’s Standard of Excellence Award
Industry standards trade group ISITC has honored Mark Del Col, a former chair of ISITC and longstanding member, with the ISITC
Mark Del Col, managing director, Milestone
Standard of Excellence Award at the group’s recent ISITC Annual Industry Forum and Vendor Show in Boston.
ISITC officials say they chose Del Col to be the recipient of this annual award because of his contribution via several leadership roles from 1994 to 1997, his term as ISITC chair from 1997 to 2000, and his key role during ISITC’s merger with the International Operations Association in 2001.
“Mr. Del Col’s leadership within the financial services industry infiltrated his work within ISITC where he was seen as a true visionary and mentor and helped grow the organization and develop a strong working structure that would benefit ISITC for years to come,” according to ISITC.
An industry veteran, Del Col has held positions among leading firms such as Deutsche Bank, Capco Consulting and SWIFT, ISITC officials say. He has “focused on managing change, delivering best practices and implementing operating/organizational models for middle and back office operations.”
Del Col is a managing director at New York-based consultancy Milestone where he helps global institutions, including asset management firms, investment banks and asset services/custodian banking providers on issues around finance, regulation and operations, officials say.
The group’s acronym stands for “The International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication,” reflecting ISITC’s focus on standards in transaction processing and related communications, officials say.
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