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Citi has appointed Keith Lau to head up its global funds technology team and Patrick O’Brien to lead the Irish fund services team.
Lau takes on the title of global head of funds technology, effective 1 August. He joins from State Street, where he was senior vice president and global head of analysis, testing and deployment.
In his new role, based in London, Lau will work with partners on both a regional and global scale to grow the funds technology product. He will be responsible for developing and executing a business strategy that is in line with Citi’s more general objectives.
He will report directly to Mike Healy, head of investor services, custody and issuer technology at Citi.
Patrick O’Brien will join Citi as head of fund services in Ireland on 13 June.
He will be responsible for driving business development in Ireland and Luxembourg, and will be based in Dublin. According to Citi, his appointment is part of a continued focus on growing the custody and fund services business.
He will report to Pervaiz Panjwani, head of global fund services for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Danny Caplan, head of investor services sales for EMEA. Globally, O’Brien will report to Pat Curtin, global head of sales for custody, fund services and agency lending.
O’Brien joins from J.P. Morgan, where he was global head of client strategy for the fund services business.
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