Daniel is located in London and has joined First Sentier from Aegon Asset Management where she was global chief risk and compliance officer, the firm said in a statement. She is a member of First Sentier’s executive leadership team and reports to Steinberg. 

Daniel was responsible for leading a team of 85 across Europe, the US and Asia, where she oversaw portfolio risk management, enterprise risk management and compliance. 

Other roles at Aegon included ambassador for inclusion and diversity, and board directorships on its global, regional and joint venture companies. Daniel, who joined Aegon in August 2017, was previously EMEA CRO and global head of enterprise risk at Columbia Threadneedle. Prior to this, she was at the Royal Bank of Scotland where she spent a number of years working in a variety of business and risk roles, the firm said.

With a career spanning 30 years, Daniel has had prior exposure to senior risk leadership roles spanning corporate and international banking, wealth management, transaction services as well as asset management.

First Sentier Investors manages more than £120.4 billion ($145 billion) in assets on behalf of institutional investors, pension funds, wholesale distributors, investment platforms, financial advisors and their clients worldwide. 

Michelmores
UK law firm , which has offices in Maryland, the US, and Abu Dhabi in the Gulf, has appointed senior State Street figure Nadine Chakar as chief executive, taking effect from Monday 9 January. 

Chakar brings more than 30 years’ experience in global wealth and asset management. Most recently, she served as executive vice president and head of State Street Digital. Chakar also led State Street Global Markets, where she oversaw its trading, product, and operations platform, helping to drive successful client solutions. Prior to State Street, she served as global head of operations for Manulife’s global wealth and asset management division and led the global asset servicing teams for BNY Mellon.

The business, which develops blockchain-based fintech and regtech, has clients and investors including WisdomTree, State Street, US Bank, Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners, and DisruptAD, ADQ’s venture platform. 

Besides her senior roles at State Street Digital, Chakar has served as a member of the board of directors of Securrency since 2021. 

Chakar’s appointment will allow Dan Doney, Securrency’s founder, to concentrate on his chief technology officer role so that he can focus on innovation, technology delivery, and commercialisation.