Wolters Kluwer Fills EMEA MD Post
Clive Pedder, managing director, EMEA
Vendor Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has appointed Clive Pedder as managing director, Europe, Middle East and Africa where he will oversee the growth strategy for the finance, risk and compliance business in the region, officials say.Pedder was most recently an executive vice president of SunGard’s capital markets business and was previously a member of the senior management team of GL Trade, which was sold to SunGard in 2008, officials say. He has more than 30 years of experience in the financial technology sector.
Before SunGard, Pedder was chief operating officer of Misys Banking Systems, where he also served as CEO of its wholesale banking and asset management groups, officials say.
SEC Promotes for Municipal Securities Enforcement Chief
The SEC has appointed LeeAnn Ghazil Gaunt as chief of the Enforcement Division’s Municipal Securities and Public Pensions Unit, say SEC officials.
Gaunt has worked in the specialized unit since its creation three years ago, and led the SEC’s first pay-to-play enforcement action for “in-kind” political campaign contributions in September 2012 when the SEC charged Goldman Sachs and an executive vice president for violations related to contributions to the then-state treasurer of Massachusetts, officials say.
Previously, Gaunt worked in the SEC’s Boston Regional Office for 13 years, including 10 in supervisory roles. Her investigative experience includes matters ranging from investment adviser violations to insider trading, officials say.
Before joining the SEC enforcement staff, Gaunt was in private practice in Boston, first at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and later at Goodwin Procter LLP.
Options Hires Ex-NYSE Euronext Executive
Financial cloud vendor Options has hired Roark Siko, a former NYSE Euronext and Arca executive, as vice president of sales and customer service for the Midwest, officials say.
Based in Chicago, Siko will be responsible for Options’ expansion in Chicago and throughout the Midwest. He will join a number of former NYSE Euronext executives at Options, including Danny Moore, Ken Barnes and Tim Yockel, who joined the Iaas provider earlier this year as senior vice president of global sales. Options previously opened an office in Chicago in February of this year.
Before joining Options, Siko served as vice president, relationship development for NYSE Euronext. In that capacity, he developed and managed relationships with broker dealers that generated 20% of equity trading revenue for the firm, officials say. He joined NYSE as a result of its 2006 merger with Chicago-based Archipelago Exchange. During his time with Arca, Siko served as both manager of trade support and vice president of sales.
Stroz Friedberg Taps Former McKinsey Exec to be CEO
Michael Patsalos-Fox, CEO, Stroz Friedberg
Stroz Friedberg, an investigations, intelligence, and risk services company, has tapped the former chairman of the Americas for McKinsey & Co. Michael Patsalos-Fox to be its CEO, officials say.
Stroz Friedberg offers digital forensics, cybercrime and incident response, security science, forensic accounting, compliance, due diligence, data discovery and analytics.
Patsalos-Fox who retired from McKinsey & Co. earlier this year will oversee the company’s operations and growth strategies. Company founders Edward Stroz and Eric Friedberg will serve as the executive chairmen leading client development.
At McKinsey & Co., Patsalos-Fox served as chairman for the Americas from 2003 to 2009, overseeing 2,500 consultants, including 300 partners, officials say.
Between 2009 and 2013, Patsalos-Fox led the creation and development of McKinsey Solutions, a practice that combined industry and functional expertise with data science. He also served as a senior partner on McKinsey’s operating committee for nine years, and he held a seat on the firm’s board for 12 years.
Patsalos-Fox is based in Stroz Friedberg’s headquarters in New York City.
Capco Launches Digital Lab
Financial services consultancy Capco has launched a digital lab, dubbed C Lab, in New York City that will serve as a nexus for digital technology, social media and creative design, to develop the next generation of financial products and services, say officials.
The C Lab, located in Capco’s North American headquarters, will help financial services firms explore innovations in mobile services, big-data-driven analytics, and social media and other channels, say Capco officials. The C Lab has a “user-centered design approach” to help Capco clients develop products and services for their customers who are adopting next generation technologies.
DTCC Awarded for LGBT Employee Support
Anthony Portannese, managing director of human resources, DTCC
Anthony Portannese, the DTCC’s managing director of human resources, was awarded the Leadership Award for the post-trade processing utility’s efforts to promote a diverse and inclusive corporate environment and its support of same-sex marriage.
The award is from Open Finance, a network of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender leaders representing 34 Wall Street firms and more than 3,000 LGBT employees in the tri-state area. The award was presented at an awards ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange.
“In February this year, DTCC was among a handful of industry-leading financial services firms which courageously signed the Bingham amicus brief in the case of United States v. Windsor,” according to Open Finance, referring to the U.S. Supreme Court case that found sections of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. The Supreme Court decision resulted in the federal government recognizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. for tax purposes, employment benefits and related issues.
The 13 financial services firms that signed the amicus brief in the Windsor case were also honored at the Open Finance ceremony.
In addition to Portannese, Robbie Kaplan, a partner at law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, was honored for arguing the Windsor case before the Supreme Court. Evan Wolfson, executive director, Freedom to Marry and Chad Griffin executive director of the Human Rights Campaign were also awarded for their efforts.
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