Apex Fund Services, one of the world’s largest independent fund administration companies, announces the appointment of Elliott Brown to the newly created position of Managing Director – Americas. Elliott will have responsibility for overseeing the growth of all of Apex’s offices in North and South America.
Elliott was formerly with JP Morgan for 18 years, most recently as the Managing Director responsible for leading the bank’s global hedge fund administration business. Prior to that role, Elliott was in Strategy and Business Development and was instrumental in the formation of the Hedge Fund and Private Equity Fund Administration businesses at JPMorgan. Elliott also worked for JPMorgan in Australia in Relationship Management and Operations. Elliott is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Securities Institute of Australia.
Apex America has recently opened its new offices on East 52nd Street in New York and already offers office space to emerging fund managers as part of Apex’s Emerging Manager Incubation Service (EMIS) launched in February 2013.
“Attracting high caliber people such as Elliott demonstrates the growing recognition of Apex’s potential around the world. Elliott’s addition to the senior management team ensures that Apex now has the right resources in place ahead of its next phase of aggressive growth. Apex remains fully intent on continuing to shake up the financial services industry by introducing innovative services that are designed to bring efficiencies to fund managers and transparency to investors”, said Peter Hughes, group managing director of Apex Fund Services.