European Depositary Bank (EDB) has appointed Cecilia Gejke as managing director and member of the executive management board. Gilda Neiman (pictured) has joined the board of directors.
Gejka has almost 29 years of experience in the financial services industry, focusing on risk analysis. She joins EDB from her chief risk officer role at a private banking institution in Luxembourg. Prior to this, she spent more than two years as head of stress testing, group market and counterparty credit risk at Nordic bank Nordea.
Throughout her career, Gejka has served in a number of senior roles at firms including Santander and J.P. Morgan, working across London, Scandinavia and Luxembourg.
Neiman has more than 35 years of experience in the financial services industry, and currently holds a number of board roles at ESG initiatives Chapter Zero Brussels and Greenonomy. She is also a partner at GoAct BC, which offers businesses consultancy around sustainability goals.
During her career Neiman has held a number of senior roles, including non-executive director, vice president and treasurer at the American Chambers of Commerce in Belgium, and chief country officer and branch manager for Belgium at Citi.
Commenting on the appointment, EDB CEO David Claus says: “These appointments are further evidence of our commitment to continuous investment in the governance structures, risk management frameworks and technology infrastructure of EDB as we seek to constantly improve client service and experience.
“I look forward to working with both Cecilia and Gilda, and the valuable skillsets and strategic insights they will bring to EDB as we continue to grow our differentiated and independent banking solutions for our clients.”
