LPA, the capital markets technology and advisory firm, has made two appointments to its UK consulting team.
Russell Chumbley has been appointed as director of capital markets consulting, technology, development and transformation, while James Kirkham has been appointed as head of UK risk function.
Based in London, Chumbley and Kirkman will join a rapidly growing team of consultants to LPA’s UK team, building on its strong client base across Europe.
Chumbley has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. During his career, Chumbley has held technology leadership positions across front, middle and back office business functions with experience in product development, managed services, integrating new solutions into existing architectures and setting up new trading entities.
He was most recently an independent advisor and consultant covering industry insight, fintech and digital transformation.
Prior to that, Chumbley served as global head of enterprise data and corporate technology at Nomura International.
Kirkman is a risk management systems consultant with more than 30 years of experience in delivering risk management change programmes for some of the world’s largest banks, including HSBC, UBS and Santander.
He has also supported a variety of Basel change programmes and was senior principal consultant for the launch of Sainsbury’s Bank.
Commenting on his appointment, Chumbley says: “Disruptive forces are changing capital markets and posing major challenges for the financial services industry. LPA has been driving the digitalisation of the capital market business for over 20 years, and I look forward to supporting clients in the analysis, planning, development and implementation of digital technologies.”
Kirkham says: “I am excited to join LPA at a time of unprecedented change in financial markets. The scale and reach of the LPA network, alongside the skills of our software and consulting teams in areas spanning advanced technologies, credit risk and change management, present a much sought-after capability to our clients and the wider capital markets industry.”
