Jochems appointed as Head of Settlement Product at Clearstream
04 September 2026 Germany
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Clearstream has appointed Arnaud Jochems as its new head of Settlement Product.
Jochems succeeds Michel Bricq, who has retired from the company after more than 35 years of service.
In his new role, Jochems will report directly to Dirk Loscher, head of Custody and Investor Solutions.
Jochems has served as a settlement expert with Clearstream since 2015, bringing extensive domain expertise and deep operational knowledge to the position.
In his new role, he assumes responsibility for Clearstream’s settlement product portfolio, which includes the management of core central securities depository (CSD) and international central securities depository (ICSD) settlement services, Eurosystem market infrastructure integrations (such as T2S), international settlement connectivity, and the transformation to fully digital settlement solutions.
Dirk Loscher, head of Custody and Investor Solutions, says: “We are thrilled to welcome Arnaud Jochems to this strategic position within Clearstream Securities Services.
“His appointment as head of Settlement Product reinforces our commitment to driving excellence within our core CSD services.
“Promoting highly qualified internal talent is a testament to the depth of expertise within our teams, and we are very confident that Arnaud’s longstanding experience will help him leading to further build out and enhance the settlement services offering for our clients.”
Jochems succeeds Michel Bricq, who has retired from the company after more than 35 years of service.
In his new role, Jochems will report directly to Dirk Loscher, head of Custody and Investor Solutions.
Jochems has served as a settlement expert with Clearstream since 2015, bringing extensive domain expertise and deep operational knowledge to the position.
In his new role, he assumes responsibility for Clearstream’s settlement product portfolio, which includes the management of core central securities depository (CSD) and international central securities depository (ICSD) settlement services, Eurosystem market infrastructure integrations (such as T2S), international settlement connectivity, and the transformation to fully digital settlement solutions.
Dirk Loscher, head of Custody and Investor Solutions, says: “We are thrilled to welcome Arnaud Jochems to this strategic position within Clearstream Securities Services.
“His appointment as head of Settlement Product reinforces our commitment to driving excellence within our core CSD services.
“Promoting highly qualified internal talent is a testament to the depth of expertise within our teams, and we are very confident that Arnaud’s longstanding experience will help him leading to further build out and enhance the settlement services offering for our clients.”
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