Paul Lynch joins EquiLend
03 August 2018 New York
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EquiLend has appointed Paul Lynch as a strategic adviser, effective immediately.
Based in New York, Lynch will be responsible for enhancing the firm’s client engagement model with an aim to strengthen relationships with users of EquiLend’s suite of services.
Lynch has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, with a focus on securities finance.
Most recently, Lynch was global head of trading and short-term investment management at eSecLending, and before that served as its COO.
His other roles include 13 years at State Street, where he was a senior managing director in its securities lending business.
Lynch has also worked with the New York Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority on regulatory issues, reporting and product development.
EquiLend has offered trading and post-trade services to the securities finance industry since it was launched, and has extended its product offering to include market data (DataLend) and clearing services (EquiLend Clearing Services) in recent years.
Brian Lamb, CEO of EquiLend, commented: “Paul Lynch has a wealth of expertise in the securities finance industry, and we are thrilled to welcome him to EquiLend. His experience working with clients around the globe over the past three decades will be an asset to EquiLend as we roll out an enhanced client relationship management model across the firm.”
Commenting on his new role, Lynch said: “I have been intimately involved with EquiLend since before it even had a name, and I’ve been a user since day one of its launch.”
He added: “It is a testament to EquiLend’s ability to meet, exceed and adapt to the evolving needs of the industry that it continues to thrive nearly two decades after the business launched. I look forward to working with the EquiLend team to continue building our relationships with our clients.”
Based in New York, Lynch will be responsible for enhancing the firm’s client engagement model with an aim to strengthen relationships with users of EquiLend’s suite of services.
Lynch has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, with a focus on securities finance.
Most recently, Lynch was global head of trading and short-term investment management at eSecLending, and before that served as its COO.
His other roles include 13 years at State Street, where he was a senior managing director in its securities lending business.
Lynch has also worked with the New York Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority on regulatory issues, reporting and product development.
EquiLend has offered trading and post-trade services to the securities finance industry since it was launched, and has extended its product offering to include market data (DataLend) and clearing services (EquiLend Clearing Services) in recent years.
Brian Lamb, CEO of EquiLend, commented: “Paul Lynch has a wealth of expertise in the securities finance industry, and we are thrilled to welcome him to EquiLend. His experience working with clients around the globe over the past three decades will be an asset to EquiLend as we roll out an enhanced client relationship management model across the firm.”
Commenting on his new role, Lynch said: “I have been intimately involved with EquiLend since before it even had a name, and I’ve been a user since day one of its launch.”
He added: “It is a testament to EquiLend’s ability to meet, exceed and adapt to the evolving needs of the industry that it continues to thrive nearly two decades after the business launched. I look forward to working with the EquiLend team to continue building our relationships with our clients.”
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