Markit and MarkitSERV Shuffle Executives
Markit, which provides trading data, valuations and processing services, announced the appointment of Jeff Gooch as chief financial officer, officials say. Gooch’s new post follows his time at MarkitSERV where he served as global head of processing, CEO and chairman of MarkitSERV, Markit’s trade processing platform for OTC derivatives. Gooch will remain as chairman of MarkitSERV.Gooch joined Markit in 2007 from Morgan Stanley where he worked for 11 years, most recently as head of global fixed income operations, officials say. A chartered accountant, he worked in Ernst & Young’s financial services practice for eight years.
Brad Levy will be taking over as global head of processing and CEO of MarkitSERV, officials say. Levy was previously co-head of Markit’s information business. Prior to joining Markit in 2012, he spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs, most recently as managing director in the Principal Strategic Investments Group.
Inmarsat Executive Joins Misys as CFO
Rick Medlock, the new chief financial officer (CFO) at trading software and services provider Misys, is joining from Inmarsat, a mobile satellite services company where he held the post of CFO since 2004, officials say. Medlock’s experience includes positions with companies in the technology, media and telecoms sectors.
“I am confident that my experience of working for some of the leading companies in the technology, media and telecoms sector over the last 25 years, coupled with my track record working with private equity-backed businesses, should enable me to make a strong contribution to the future success of Misys,” Medlock says in a statement.
Former EMC Consultant to Lead Capco Digital
Business and technology consultancy Capco has hired industry veteran Eric Disend to lead the recently launched Capco Digital,
a multi-disciplinary group focused on providing guidance and solutions for the digital strategies of clients, officials say. Disend has joined Capco as partner to lead the new group.
Disend most recently ran a digital team at EMC’s consulting business. His background includes financial services, including work for J.P Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch, with additional involvement in areas such as telecommunications and retail, officials say. Prior to his role as a consultant, Disend ran the marketing and digital efforts for an investment management complex.
The Capco Digital group is designed to help clients with enterprise-grade digital capabilities such as security, compliance and regulatory considerations.
Alberleen Group Partners with Bell Capital Advisory Partners
Boutique investment bank the Alberleen Group is partnering with Bell Capital Advisory Partners, a firm focused on the consumer and retail sectors, and BCAP managing partner Nigel Bell will lead the group as it becomes part of Alberleen Group’s community of specialized investment banking firms, officials say.
BCAP provides advisory services for mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and recapitalizations, valuation, fairness opinions and capital-raising, officials say. In addition to the consumer and retail industries, BCAP has extensive advisory experience in the diversified industrial space including the paper and packaging, building products and automotive sectors.
“Partnering with Alberleen enables us to better serve our clients and capitalize on growth opportunities in today’s rapidly evolving middle market M&A and financing landscape. We look forward to leveraging The Alberleen Group’s strong capabilities to further develop BCAP’s advisory practice,” Bell says in a statement.
Bell, an investment banker with more than 18 years of advisory and capital raising experience, founded BCAP in earlier this year, officials say. Bell was also a managing director at Jefferies and before that, a managing director at J.P. Morgan, focused in both roles on the consumer and retail sectors. He also spent over 12 years at Rothschild as an M&A and restructuring generalist.
DTCC Names Raymond Disco as Treasurer
Post-trade processing utility the DTCC has named Raymond Disco as managing director and treasurer, responsible for the DTCC’s broadened corporate treasury function, which includes cash management, treasury operations and capital and liquidity planning, and funding, officials say.
Disco will also manage DTCC’s key relationships with commercial and investment banks that support the firm’s credit facilities and funding globally, and with the rating agencies, officials say. He reports to Susan Tysk-Cosgrove, CFO for the DTCC.
Disco spent nearly a decade at Credit Suisse, most recently as managing director, financial planning and analysis, for investment banking. In that role, he oversaw the division’s management information and finance reporting, annual budget process and long-term strategic business planning initiative, and development of financial performance metrics.
He has also served as managing director and global deputy treasurer of Credit Suisse First Boston, responsible for corporate finance, liquidity management, cash management and creditor/rating agency/fixed income investor relations, officials say. He managed teams in New York, London, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney.
Prior to Credit Suisse, Disco was with Merrill Lynch, serving in a variety of positions in the firm’s treasury department, officials say.
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