Michael Horan was appointed head of trading at SS&C Technologies Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS) in EMEA following two decades working with BNY and Pershing. He most recently served as head of electronic equity trading at BNY’s London branch for 11 years. Before that, London-based Horan served as head of outsourced trading at Pershing EMEA. Previously in his career, he also served as head of the European broker desk at Instinet, as well as working in an equities-related broker role at Tullet Prebon and UK-focused market maker at ABN AMRO Bank.
Aviad Axelrod was named head of fixed income and equities (FIEQ) product for EMEA at BNY within the Global Markets Trading business. He most recently served in an algorithmic trading and execution services role at Stifel Financial. London-based Axelrod will report to both John Goodheart, global head of FIEQ product and Bianca Gould, head of fixed income and equities EMEA at BNY. His experience spans over two decades, working at firms including ITG Virtu, Pi-Finance, and Stifel in roles related to electronic algo trading, business development, and market structure.
TD Securities appointed Rob Fallon as director of sales trading, based in Dublin. Fallon joined the firm from Deutsche Numis, where he spent the last two years, most recently serving as director of sales trading. Prior to his role at Deutsche Numis, Fallon spent over two decades at Goodbody, also based in Dublin. While at Goodbody, he most recently served as a senior sales trader covering Irish and UK SMID stocks. Earlier in his career, Fallon held a money market derivatives operations role at Deutsche Bank.
Broadridge appointed Stephen Wilkes senior vice president, head of international buy-side sales, based in London. As part of the role, Wilkes will be responsible for the firm’s sales efforts across EMEA and APAC, focusing on the asset management and asset servicing communities. Earlier in his career, Wilkes spent nearly 13 years at Deutsche Bank in a variety of sales-related roles. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Wilkes spent six years at JP Morgan, most recently serving as executive director, futures and options and OTC clearing sales. Before this, he worked as vice president at the bank for four and a half years.
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) appointed April Day head of capital markets. Day was promoted to the role, following 12 years at AFME, where she has previously served as head of equities. As part of the role, she oversaw equity capital markets (ECM), trading and post-trade activities. She also brings extensive experience in investment banking and capital markets to the new role. Earlier in her career, Day held senior roles at Dresdner Kleinwort, as well as serving as director of equity sales at Panmure Gordon.