The International Securities Services Association (ISSA) has elected Samir Pandiri, president of Broadridge International, to its board of directors.
As president of Broadridge International, Pandiri is responsible for the company’s growing
post-trade technology, global proxy, and asset management data and technology businesses
outside of North America, with a special focus on Europe and Asia.
Before joining Broadridge in June this year, Pandiri was global CEO of BNY’s asset servicing division and a member of BNY Mellon’s senior leadership team.
Prior to that, Pandiri was CEO of BNY Mellon’s shareowner services division where he was responsible for the turnaround and sale of the equity administration services business.
Before joining BNY Mellon, Pandiri spent 11 years at JPMorgan Chase, where he lived in both Hong Kong and London.
ISSA is an association designed to disseminate information on the developments in the securities markets and to offer securities operations professionals a forum to exchange ideas and issues of interest.
The association has more than 110 member institutions, such as custodian banks, clearing organisations, central depositories, stock exchanges, brokers and asset managers across the world.
Commenting on his appointment to the ISSA board, Pandiri said: “I am honoured to be elected to the board, to represent Broadridge, and I look forward to working together to develop and promote industry solutions that create efficiencies and mitigate risk across the global securities services industry.”
He added: “ISSA’s work resonates with Broadridge and our efforts to drive the innovation roadmap and develop solutions that allow our clients to get ahead of today’s challenges and capitalise on tomorrow’s opportunities.”
Lee Waite, ISSA chairman, commented: “We are pleased to welcome Samir Pandir to our board of directors. His experience and global outlook, coupled with his deep technology and operations expertise, will provide a strong perspective in helping further ISSA’s mission.”
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