People Moves: SS&C, Qontigo, Deloitte, MTS Markets International, Luminex

SS&C Hires New Sales Executive for APAC 

SS&C Algorithmics has hired Antoine Burke as sales executive for Southeast Asia, based in Singapore. Burke joined the vendor last month from Asset Control, where he spent five-and-a-half years, including as sales director and acting managing director for Asia Pacific. Before that, he spent six-and-a-half years at SunGard, including as global account manager for the MarketMap terminal product throughout North Asia and Southeast Asia, based in Hong Kong, and senior regional account manager for market data products in the Geneva, Switzerland area.

At SS&C, Burke reports to Elmar Nadschlaeger, senior director of sales and services for Asia Pacific at SS&C Algorithmics, who joined the vendor earlier this year from IBM.

Qontigo Appoints Courtney Scharff As Global Head of Strategic Partnerships

Courtney Scharff has joined Qontigo as global head of strategic partnerships.

She will be responsible for overseeing Qontigo’s strategic partnerships across index and analytics. Previously Scharff worked at Bloomberg, where she served as global head of index data management solutions and, subsequently, global equity index product manager.

Prior to that, Scharff was head of North American client services at FTSE Russell. Previously, she also served in several key client-facing roles at Russell Indexes.

Deloitte’s Financial Services Industry Group Makes Senior Appointments

Deloitte has announced the appointment of Monica O’Reilly as the new leader of its financial services industry practice, and has also named Mark Shilling as Deloitte’s banking and capital markets sector leader.

O’Reilly will lead the strategic direction of broad client-facing efforts in the industry. She succeeds Kenny Smith, who retired in May. Shilling will do the same in banking and capital markets, Deloitte’s largest sector by revenue. 

Shilling, a principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP, previously served as the banking and capital markets sector leader for that business unit. He succeeds Scott Baret, who will be shifting into a strategic client-focused role supporting Deloitte’s portfolio of banking and capital markets clients.

Daniel Pellegriti Joins MTS Markets International As Senior Sales Manager

MTS Markets International, part of London Stock Exchange Group, has recently added fintech industry veteran Daniel Pellegriti as senior sales manager.

Pellegriti will help drive further growth in the United States for its electronic fixed income all-to-all trading and connectivity platforms.

He previously held fixed income sales and trading positions at Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Santander and, most recently, Algomi Corporation.

Luminex Appoints Ilisa Gruber as Sales and Relationship Manager

Luminex has announced the hiring of Ilisa Gruber as sales and relationship manager

Based in Chicago, Gruber will oversee Luminex’s relationships with its buy-side clients, and manage the firm’s continued growth in the Midwest and other regions.

Gruber spent 18 years at Liquidnet, where she was hired as the firm’s first sales trader. Prior to that she has worked at firms including Thomas Weisel Partners, Schroders & Company and CS First Boston.