THETA, a specialist provider of buy-side trading technology as a service, has appointed Paul Flanagan as Strategic Sales Advisor, managing relationships with asset managers, hedge funds, fund managers and pension funds. 

The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) has re-appointed Lesley Alexander as its President with effect from its 45th Annual General Meeting on 29 July 2021.  

Sacker & Partners (Sackers), a UK-based specialist law firm for pensions and retirement savings, announced its 2021 promotions: Nigel Cayless has been promoted to senior counsel; Sonya Fraser, James Geer, Sarah Henderson and Oliver Topping have been promoted to associate director; and Aaron Dunning-Foreman, Liam Goulding and Lucy Swart-Mallett have been promoted to senior associate.

GSR, a specialist in digital asset trading, has appointed Michael Bressler as Global Head of Sales. 

Janus Henderson Group has appointed Tomoyasu Tanimoto as Head of Distribution in Japan. Tanimoto is based in Janus Henderson’s Tokyo office and reports to Suzanne Cain, Janus Henderson’s Global Head of Distribution.

Drata, a next-gen security and compliance automation company, has appointed Ross Hosman as Chief Information Security Officer. 

RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM) has appointed Andrew Hay as Head, Global Infrastructure Investments.

Harald Rieger will take over responsibility for the Union Investment Group’s business with institutional clients from August 2022 at the latest. 

Ocorian, a specialist in corporate and fiduciary services, fund administration and capital markets, has appointed Marc van Rijckevorsel as Head of Business Development – Corporate and Fund Services for the US. Van Rijckevorsel is based in New York.

B2C2, a counterparty in the institutional crypto markets, has appointed Nicola White as President of B2C2 USA.