Exclusive: Stonewain gains Patrick George from FIS
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Exclusive: Stonewain gains Patrick George from FIS 14 January 2021US Reporter: Drew Nicol
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Stonewain has gained 25 year industry veteran Patrick George from FIS to work directly on EquiLend Spire and all other related products.
George is well known throughout the industry and will be primarily focused on managing and developing the EquiLend Spire suite of solutions for the broker dealer community.
George has been appointed to the product management team and will spend a great deal of time focused on the flagship EquiLend Spire offering for broker dealers, retail brokers, agent lenders, collateral management desks and beneficial owners.
EquiLend Spire, offered by global fintech EquiLend and powered by Stonewain technology, is a modern system featuring flexible modules including domestic and international books and records, fully paid lending, order and inventory management, trade entry, locates and a variety of other components.
Chris Valentino, head of business development at Stonewain, says: “We are very excited to bring Pat onboard during this tremendous period of growth for our firm.
"Pat’s experience and subject matter expertise as it pertains to this space is unprecedented in the industry and will serve our team and platform extremely well for many years to come.”
Prior to joining FIS, George was a programmer at CoreStates Bank from 1988 and stayed after it was acquired by Wells Fargo until 1995.
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