BNP Paribas Securities Services in Australia has appointed a Sales Manager for NSW and Queensland, and a Head of Private Equity and Real Estate.

David Pember will take up the new role of Sales Manager for NSW and Queensland, he will start on 11 October 2016. Pember has over 20 years’ industry experience, most recently as Executive Director, Sales Manager Asset Managers & Insurance Companies at J.P. Morgan.

He was previously Director of Strategic Alliances at Omgeo and prior to that Sales Manager for Asia Pacific at Thomson Financial, the firm said in a statement to finews.asia.

Growth of «Real Assets» 

BNP Paribas Securities Services also recently appointed Cleyde Hazell as Head of PERE (private equity & real estate) to meet clients’ growing need for support in their investment in real assets. She has previously held roles at J.P. Morgan and CommSec.

«David Pember's role will be to convey to the market our full service capability, including our middle and back office services for asset owners and managers in Australasia,» said David Braga, Head of BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia and New Zealand.