Ocorian, a global provider of corporate administration, funds and trust services, has appointed Nick Bland as director and head of UK client services in London.
In his new role, Bland will manage Ocorian’s team of professionals responsible for client service delivery to corporate and institutional clients, private clients, alternative investment funds and corporate trust clients.
During his career, Bland has gained 15 years of experience in capital markets, securitisation, loan and corporate administration and is a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
Bland recently managed Deutsche Bank’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Structured Credit Services group within the corporate trust division and was responsible for CLO/CDO, private debt, loan and hybrid transaction servicing.
Additionally, he has held executive director positions for regulated operating subsidiaries of Deutsche Bank in Ireland and Jersey.
Alan Booth, managing director of Ocorian in London, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Nick Bland to Ocorian. Bland’s appointment is strategically important for us at a time when we are seeing continued robust growth in new and existing clients utilising UK structures, coupled with the growth of our newly established Corporate Trust restructuring offering. We know that Bland will play a pivotal role in enhancing and driving our business forward in the UK.”
On his appointment, Bland said: "This is a very exciting time to become part of Ocorian. The team has great credentials across the banking, asset management and finance sectors and I am looking forward to working with them all; building the franchise and focussing on the value-adding activities that really matter to our clients.”
Elsewhere, Ocoarian recently acquired Allegro, which is set to enhance its current fund administration and associated services across all investment structures and specialisms such as green energy, listed and private funds.
