People Moves: Liquidnet, S4, Tier1, Confluence, BNY Mellon, Finastra

Liquidnet Announces Simon Maughan as Head of Trading Alpha

Liquidnet has appointed Simon Maughan head of trading alpha within its Americas Equities business. He will be responsible for alpha provision in the form of originating content, creating solutions, and delivery across all three areas.

Maughan’s objective is to consolidate existing equity analytics including TCA, algorithm performance and ATS measurement with the capabilities of its new Investment Analytics business. Americas Equities is focused on ATS block trading, electronic/program trading and execution consultancy.

Maughan joined Liquidnet in 2017 following its acquisition of OTAS Technologies. He has over 20 years of experience as an analyst, having previously worked at MF Global and a number of sell-side institutions.  

Data Consultancy S4 Makes Two Senior Announcements

Miami-based market data and cost management consultancy S4 has announced two senior hires.  

Neil Lesher has been appointed as senior market data consultant in New York with the responsibility to build partnerships with clients and vendors. He previously worked at Cowen and Co.

In Manila, Philippines, it has appointed Richard Stephens as operations manager, looking after business development and daily support operations in the region. Stephens was most recently a consultant advising businesses setting up operations in the Philippines. 

Both report to S4 CEO Bernardo Santiago. 

Confluence Hires Sunil Rajan as Global Head of Sales

Confluence Technologies has appointed Sunil Rajan as global head of sales, with responsibility for setting the firm’s overall sales strategy and overseeing the global sales team.

Previously Rajan worked as managing director for EMEA and APAC at Axioma. He has also worked at Standard and Poor, Thomson Reuters, and Misys, among other companies.

Rajan will report directly to Todd Moyer, president and COO at Confluence.

Tier1 Appoints Jiro Okochi As President

Tier1 Financial Solutions has announced Jiro Okochi as president with the responsibility to manage the global operations of the business.

Okochi founded one of the early fintech SaaS companies, Reval, a provider of enterprise treasury and risk management solutions to a large number of international corporations and banks.

Numerix Hires for Leadership Roles

Risk technology specialist Numerix has announced three senior executive promotions.

Elaine McKiernan has been appointed to the executive vice president for global business development. In the new role, she will focus on global partnership alliances that will support and extend the Numerix brand, and its addressable market though both distribution and direct channels.

James Jockle has been appointed as chief marketing officer and executive vice president for global marketing and corporate communications.

Satyam Kancharla is now the chief strategy officer and executive vice president for client solutions group. He joined the firm in 2003 and is currently head of the client solutions group at the firm.  

Finastra Announces Margaret Franco as Chief Marketing Officer

Finastra has announced the appointment of Margaret Franco as its chief marketing officer. She previously worked at Dell Technologies for 13 years and was senior vice president, EMEA marketing.

Geoff Yu Joins BNY Mellon as Senior EMEA Market Strategist

BNY Mellon has appointed Geoff Yu to the role of primary market strategist in EMEA. He will be based in London and will report to Daniel Tenengauzer, head of markets strategy.