Apex Fund Services has appointed Elliott Brown to the newly created position of managing director for the Americas.
In his new role Elliott will oversee the growth of all of Apex’s offices in North and South America.
Elliott was formerly with JP Morgan for 18 years, most recently as the managing director responsible for leading the bank’s global hedge fund administration business.
Peter Hughes, group managing director at Apex Fund Services, said: “Attracting high caliber people such as Brown demonstrates the growing recognition of Apex’s potential around the world. Brown’s addition to the senior management team ensures that Apex now has the right resources in place ahead of its next phase of aggressive growth.”
“Apex remains fully intent on continuing to shake up the financial services industry by introducing innovative services that are designed to bring efficiencies to fund managers and transparency to investors.”
Commenting on his appointment, Brown said: “It is very exciting to be working with an organisation that is totally focused on servicing the needs of alternative funds and private equity managers. Apex has built an extensive suite of products to help asset managers grow their businesses efficiently.”
“Opportunities to join a company that is gaining momentum at a critical time in the global economy do not come around often and I am delighted to be joining the team at this time of Apex’s development.”
