Fund administration provider Ocorian has appointed Ricky Popat to its Newgate team as business development director, regulatory, compliance and legal.
Newgate is Ocorian’s regulatory services arm which supports asset managers, brokers, corporate financiers and corporate entities with regulatory authorisation applications, implementation of compliance and governance structures, regulatory and compliance training, and financial crime risk mitigation.
Based in London, Popat will work with Newgate as part of Ocorian’s commercial function led by chief commercial officer, Simon Behan.
Prior to Ocorian, Popat served at software company Quantifi from 2019 to 2022. He has also held senior roles at solutions firm Blackwell Global and finance broker London Capital Group.
Commenting on Ricky’s appointment, Behan says: “Ricky has a wealth of commercial and practical expertise coupled with an impressive strategic sales track record within high growth financial services organisations. I know Ricky will be instrumental in driving new business development to accelerate growth for Ocorian in our newest service line.”
Popat adds: “I am extremely pleased to be joining Ocorian. It is a fast-growing, dynamic organisation with a hugely experienced leadership team and I am looking forward to working with the UK’s leading regulatory and compliance experts to bolster the firm’s exciting growth ambitions.”
