Adrian Dale joins ISLA 15 November 2018London Reporter: Jenna Lomax
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The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) has appointed Adrian Dale as director of regulatory policy and market practice.
Dale will begin his new role at ISLA in January 2019.
Dale has worked within the securities lending industry for more than 25 years across operations, trading, technology and product development roles.
Most recently, Dale served at IHS Markit as product manager from September 2017 to November 2018 and recently took part in a Securities Lending Times roundtable on the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation.
Before IHS, Dale served as a product manager at BNP Paribas Securities Services from December 2011 to August 2017.
Andy Dyson, CEO of ISLA, said: “The industry is looking to us for guidance and support around a number of existing and emerging themes including settlement, sustainability and technology. Adrian Dale has the requisite skills and experience to really allow us to take this agenda forward.”
Commenting on his new role, Dale said: “I am delighted to be joining ISLA and taking up a role that will draw on my 25 years of experience within the securities lending market. It is a particularly exciting time in the evolution of securities lending as the markets are undergoing a regulatory driven seismic change.”
He added: “ISLA is a critical focal point for these changes and I very much look forward to working with its members on the many resulting issues.”
Pierre Khemdoudi, managing director and global co-head of equities, data and analytics at IHS Markit, commented: “Adrian Dale has been instrumental in guiding the IHS Markit SFTR client experience teams, and our design partners over the last 18 months.”
He added: “We thank him for his contributions and remain certain that ISLA and the
securities lending industry will benefit from his hands-on regulatory experience and subject matter expertise. We wish him all the best and look forward to working with him in his new role.”
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