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UK’s OakNorth Bank Appoints Lord (Adair) Turner as Chairman

OakNorth – a UK-based digital bank, has added Lord (Adair) Turner as its Chairman of the Board. Lord Turner reportedly has “an extensive track record in financial services, including as Vice-Chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe, a Board Director of Standard Chartered, Chair of the Financial… Read More

Financial Services Firm Rabobank to Appoint Carlo van Kemenade to Key Role in the Netherlands

Rabobank is pleased to announce that Carlo van Kemenade will join the Managing Board as Director of Retail Netherlands “as of 1 April 2024.” As a member of the Managing Board, he will be “responsible for the entire Retail domain in the Netherlands for a… Read More

Galaxy Digital Compliance Officer Appointed to FINRA Fintech Committee

Galaxy Digital Holdings (TSX: GLXY) says its Chief Compliance Officer, Lagan Srivastava, has been appointed to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Fintech Committee. The committee, which consists of 15 individuals, includes an array of participants, including observers from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and… Read More

Juniper Square, the Provider of Partnership Enablement to Private Funds Sector, Appoints Kathie Jones as CFO

Juniper Square, the provider of partnership enablement to the private funds industry,  announced the hire of Kathie Jones as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As CFO, Kathie will bolster and “manage financial planning, financial systems, and controls to support Juniper Square’s rapid growth.” She will be… Read More

Fintech and Consumer Protection Professional Shara Chang Joins Chime as Chief Compliance Officer

Chime is pleased to welcome Shara Chang to the company as Chief Compliance Officer. Shara reportedly “brings 15 years of financial services, fintech, and consumer protection experience to Chime.” She’s previously advised banks and high-growth companies “on regulatory compliance, risk management, and product development.” As… Read More

ClearBank Appoints Former Starling Bank Exec Megan Cooper as Chief Product Officer

ClearBank announced that it is appointing former Starling Bank and Barclays executive Megan Cooper as Chief Product Officer. Cooper will reportedly “lead ClearBank’s product management team and develop product strategy.” ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions, recently confirmed in… Read More

British Business Bank Appoints Ian Connatty as Deputy Chief Investment Officer

The British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, has appointed Ian Connatty as its first Deputy Chief Investment Officer. This is in addition to his role “as Managing Director, Direct and Co-investment, British Patient Capital, a commercial subsidiary of the Bank.” The Deputy Chief… Read More

UK’s Nucleus Financial Platforms Group to Appoint Alexander Filshie as CFO

Nucleus Financial Platforms Group, one of the UK’s independent, adviser platform groups, has appointed Alexander Filshie as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), “subject to regulatory approval.” He starts taking over from Mike Regan who, as previously announced, “has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer.” Mike Regan… Read More

UK’s Assetz Capital Commits to Additional Investment in Northern Ireland

Assetz Capital has appointed Ciaran McGivern as Relationship Director for Northern Ireland following growth of our developer client base. Assetz Capital claim they have “provided £152m of property lending to the region focusing on residential development projects, office to residential refurbishment schemes and commercial mortgages.” As… Read More

Hyperscience, a Provider of Enterprise AI Software, Appoints Brian Weiss as Field CTO

Hyperscience, a firm focused on hyper-automation and a provider of enterprise AI software,  announced the appointment of Brian Weiss as the company’s Field Chief Technology Officer. Weiss joins the company at “a pivotal juncture when the demand for its turnkey enterprise AI software is on… Read More

Berlin’s Fintech Firm Moonfare Appoints Marc Lamik as Chief Product and Technology Officer

Moonfare has appointed Marc Lamik as its Chief Product and Technology Officer, which is a newly-created executive committee position “reporting to Co-CEO Lorenz Jüngling.” Lamik, who is based in Lisbon, “joined Moonfare in July 2022 as VP of Product and Data.” In his new role… Read More

Digital Insurance Firm Lemonade Appoints Deb Schwartz, Dr. Samer Haj-Yehia to Board of Directors

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), the digital insurance company powered by AI and social impact, announced it has named two new members to its Board of Directors, Deb Schwartz and Dr. Samer Haj-Yehia, “effective immediately.” The newly named Directors will “succeed departing Directors Irina Novoselsky and Silvija… Read More

Germany’s Insurtech wefox Appoints Paul Onnen as Chief Technology Officer

wefox, the European insurtech, has appointed Paul Onnen as Chief Technology Officer, with immediate effect. Mr. Onnen takes over the role from Sergi Banos who “was promoted to Chief Platform Officer (CPO) as the company accelerates its plans to launch the platform that will connect… Read More

Shieldpay, the B2B Digital Payments Provider, Appoints Diji Adu as CTO

Shieldpay, the firm focused on complex high-value B2B digital payments, has announced the appointment of Diji Adu as Chief Technology Officer. Adu, formerly Director of Technology at Shieldpay “brings over 20 years of leadership and software development experience to his new role.” Prior to joining… Read More

PrimaryBid Appoints Stacey Parsons as MD and Head of Fixed Income

In a move to advance investor inclusion in company fundraisings and fixed income investment products, capital markets technology firm PrimaryBid announces the appointment of Stacey Parsons as Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income. Parsons’ appointment will accelerate PrimaryBid’s efforts “to unlock investor access to… Read More

Bank of London Appoints Frankie Woodhead to Key Executive Role

The Bank of London announced the appointment of Frankie Woodhead as Chief Product Officer, effective immediately. In his role, Frankie will “oversee product vision, development and delivery across the UK Bank and Group.” Frankie joins the bank “with 15 years of senior leadership experience across… Read More

Embedded Banking Fintech ClearBank Makes Changes to UK Board Leadership

Shonaid Jemmett-Page reportedly takes the place of David Gagie as Chair of UK Board of Directors ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking for financial institutions. The Fintech company confirmed in a blog post that “subject to regulatory approval, it has appointed Shonaid… Read More

Real-Time Payments Fintech Volt Welcomes Matt Henderson as Special Advisor

Volt, the global real-time payments platform, recently announced that Matt Henderson, former CEO of Stripe Europe, ex-Google, ex-Amazon, has now “joined as a Special Advisor to the Board.” Henderson reportedly joins Volt at a critical inflection point “for the company, following the successful completion of… Read More

Mastercard to Strengthen Corporate Security with New Appointments

Ron Green has been named Mastercard Fellow in order “to drive innovation in security; Michael Lashlee will lead Corporate Security” As part of its ongoing commitment to cybersecurity innovation, Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced Chief Security Officer Ron Green will “become a Mastercard Fellow, a newly… Read More

Digital Asset Custodian Zodia Custody Australia to Appoint Drew Bradford as New Chair

Zodia Custody, an institution-first digital asset custodian whose shareholders include Standard Chartered, SBI Holdings and Northern Trust, is appointing Drew Bradford as non-executive Chairman of its Australian operation, Zodia Custody Australia. Bradford will join the business “from National Australia Bank (NAB), where he was the… Read More

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