Finance Monthly March 2019 Edition

62 www.finance-monthly.com APPOINTMENTS From Around the World APPOINTMENTS Martin Sandler will be joining EY from another Big Four firm, where he was Head of FS Regulatory within the legal team. Previously, Martin was a Partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner and Bird & Bird. Martin also spent 10 years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was Head of EMEA Equity Counsel. Martin has considerable expertise in the banking sector, which is a core strength of EY’s financial services business, and this will continue to be a focus area for Martin in his new role. Commentingon thenewappointment, Matthew Kellett, EY’s Head of Law for Financial Services in the UK said: “We are delighted that Martin has decided to join EY. Martin brings the deep knowledge and understanding of operating within a Big Four firm, in addition to the invaluable experience of having worked on the client side in financial services for more than a decade. “Martin has been a partner in leading city law firms, a buyer of legal services and has led a legal team in a Big Four legal practice. This combination of experience will be a real asset as we continue to strengthen our financial services legal practice in the UK.” EY’s UK Law team has grown to around 200 people in the UK over the last four years. Globally, EY has more than 2,200 law practitioners in EY member firms across 83 jurisdictions. EY Strengthens UK Law Team with New Partner Appointment Wesleyan Appoints New COO Specialist financial services provider Wesleyan has appointed Mario Mazzocchi as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mario previously spent 15 years with Lloyds Banking Group, most recently as COO for the Insurance and Wealth division. He worked in a number of functions within the Group including Marketing, Change, Strategy, Operations, Sales and across retail, corporate banking and insurance. Mario was a Board Member of the Association of British Insurers in his role at Lloyds. As Wesleyan COO, Mario will play a key role in delivering Wesleyan’s strategic growth plans leading teams responsible for Technology and Transformation, Life and Pensions, Practice Plan and Wesleyan Bank. This will be a Group Executive role reporting into the Group Chief Executive. Wesleyan Group Chief Executive Craig Errington said: “Mario joins us at a very exciting time as we move into a new phase of our strategic planning process. We have a clear idea of what we have to do to make sure Wesleyan remains successful and continues to meet our customers’ changing needs in the years ahead. Mario’s skills and experience will be invaluable in helping us to deliver these plans.” Mario added: “Wesleyan has a fantastic reputation among its professional customers and is also one of the financially strongest companies in the industry. These two factors alone mean that there’s huge potential to grow the company further in our specialist customer segments. “Our mutual business model is also a differentiating factor. I’m pleased to join an organisation committed to driving value for its members while visibly demonstrating its ethos of care for customers and staff.” Inforalgo, the Capital Markets data automation specialist, has announced the appointment of Nigel Vooght, the former Global Leader of Financial Services at PwC, as Non-Executive Chairman. He brings over 20 years’ experience in the industry to the role, in addition to a deep knowledge of strategy and management. With detailed first-hand knowledge of the market, its regulatory complexity and use of FinTech and RegTech tools and solutions, Nigel will add significant value to Inforalgo and its clients. Commenting on his attraction to the post, Nigel said: “Inforalgo is a firmly established and trusted provider of critical, high-impact solutions for solving regulatory complexity and other substantial data management issues in financial markets, particularly capital markets trading. With a new platform that harnesses the cloud and addresses financial institutions’ deepest and most cumbersome challenges with speed and agility, Inforalgo is looking at significant market potential.” “We’re absolutely delighted that Nigel is joining us, and that he has identified the vital role we play for our clients,” added Jordan Ambrose, Inforalgo’s CEO. “It isn’t always easy to appreciate the behind-the-scenes technology, the clever part that happens in the background - connecting systems, and enabling reliable real-time data feeds and intelligent automation around tracking and reporting. But the capabilities we offer are something fundamental that every financial services organisation needs in this fast-paced, competitive and strictly regulated market. Nigel absolutely recognises that, so this match is a great meeting of minds. We’re thrilled to have him on board.” Former Global Leader of Financial Services at PwC, Nigel Vooght, Joins Inforalgo as Non-Executive Chairman