State Street Corporation has appointed Alex Lawton to senior managing director and head of securities finance for State Street Global Markets in Europe, Middle-East & Africa (EMEA). 

He will be responsible for developing the securities finance business across the region whilst helping State Street’s clients to navigate the evolving regulatory framework. Lawton will report to Rajen Shah, head of State Street Global Markets for EMEA and Lou Maiuri, global head of securities finance.

Lawton has nearly 20 years financial services experience. Prior to joining State Street, he was at Barclays where he was the head of equity finance and equity prime services, EMEA. He has also held other senior roles including head of prime brokerage for EMEA at Bank of America and global head of structured equity trading at Dresdner Kleinwort. Alex is also a qualified charted accountant and associate of Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.

Maiuri says: “Alex’s experience will be a great asset as we continue to develop our securities finance business in the face of the changing and challenging regulatory landscape. State Street is committed to developing tailored solutions to meet the specific needs of the securities financing industry and Alex’s appointment is testament to our continued focus on this important market segment.”  

Lawton succeeds Don D’Eramo who after five years of heading up the securities finance team for EMEA, has decided to return to North America at the end of June 2015.