Transcend, a provider of liquidity, funding, and collateral optimization solutions, has appointed Emily Harris as a Product Specialist, based out of the United Kingdom.
In this role, Emily will “focus on leading Transcend’s securities finance product development efforts and growing the firm’s global footprint, particularly in Europe & Asia.”
Todd Hodgin, Global head of Product at Transcend, said:
“As Transcend continues to grow in EMEA, adding a talented individual with deep industry knowledge like Emily, will enhance our client’s experience and product. Emily will be instrumental in supporting our clients in EMEA and working with them to drive product enhancements from an EMEA perspective while working with our global product teams on broad-based initiatives.”
Emily reportedly “has more than 20 years of experience in the industry, having held key roles at other leading dealers and fintech firms. Prior to this, she was a senior product manager at Equilend Spire and, before that, at Trading Apps for over five years.”
Earlier in her career, Emily was “a vice president for European cash and collateral analytics with Barclays Investment Bank.” This was “preceded by an 11-year tenure at UBS Investment Bank, where she covered equities, derivatives, and finance trading.”
Emily added:
“I’m excited to join such a dynamic and skilled team. The new role will bring together the opportunity to utilize and expand upon knowledge I’ve built in previous roles, as well as the prospect of working with a rapidly expanding client base – some familiar, some new.”
With the industry looking for ever more advanced solutions “to optimize collateral across venues to save valuable financial and operational resources it’s imperative to have forward-looking people with deep knowledge of the marketplace.”
Transcend is excited “to have Emily join the expanding London team as we continue to address our client’s optimization needs.”
As noted in the update, Transcend is “on a mission to help global market participants achieve next-level performance results through innovative solutions that enhance liquidity, funding, and collateral decisions.”
With a growing roster of world-class banks, broker-dealers, asset managers, and custodians as clients, the firm is “quickly becoming the gold standard for inventory analytics, optimization, and automation within a business line or across the enterprise.”
Led by a team of 150+ domain experts, Transcend addresses “an array of complex financial, operational, and regulatory concerns challenging the capital markets industry.”
