FundGuard, the asset servicing Software-as-a-Solution platform, has appointed John Lehner as president.
Based in New York, Lehner will be responsible for driving the firm’s market strategy and client-facing activities including broader expansion globally, onboarding and servicing new clients and establishing new client relationships, as well as working with product teams to build and roll out product strategies.
Lehner has more than 30 years’ experience in the investment management technology and asset servicing industry across technology, data and services, successfully building and transforming global businesses.
He joins FundGuard from State Street where he was most recently global head of the asset management and insurance segments, investment manager services and a member of the management committee.
Prior to that he was CEO of BNY Mellon technology solutions, chairman of Eagle Investment Systems and a member of its operating committee.
Commenting on Lehner’s appointment, Lior Yogev, FundGuard CEO and co-founder says, “John brings deep experience working with multiple technologies and operating models that have been transformative within the industry. As FundGuard continues to grow, his knowledge, skills and relationships will facilitate how we interact with clients and the wider industry to drive meaningful change.”
Lehner comments: “Joining FundGuard is an exciting opportunity to drive industry-wide transformation and help clients solve long-standing problems, address their total cost of ownership and future proof their operating models, particularly around digitisation, security and scalability.”
He adds: “FundGuard has the right technology, at the right time, to address the increasing risks the industry faces as a result of out-of-date services and processes that weren’t designed to manage the speed and volume of data client’s needs today, or to meet institutional clients’ requirements for new assets, and real-time insights.”
