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Checkfree Appoints Hoffman, Thomas, Belluche to Senior Roles

Checkfree has appointed three new senior-level executives. Preston Hoffman, a long-time employee, heads up the global team as senior vice president and managing director for the securities channel, reporting to Checkfree software executive vice president and general manager Randy McCoy. Paul Thomas, from Surecomp and previously ADP Wilco, joins Checkfree as vice president and sales…

Mahoney Changes to Consulting Role for Cicada; Tse, Trostinsky Join

More changes at Cicada. Carole Mahoney, former vice president of European sales at Cicada, has left and taken on an external sales consulting role, working with both Cicada and CounterpartyLink. In this new position, Carole will focus on market intelligence and lead generation activities. Michael Tse has joined Cicada as sales liaison executive, providing pre-sales…

IDC Shuffles Senior Management

Interactive Data Corp., parent company of FT Interactive Data, has implemented a new corporate structure. John L. King has been elevated from chief operating officer of FT Interactive to occupy the same role across all IDC’s businesses, reporting to Stuart Clark, IDC’s president and chief executive officer. FT Interactive Data’s data delivery products president Raymond…

Baumann Parts Company with Telekurs Financial; Busk Returns, Sandher Joins

Reto Baumann, long standing sales manager at Telekurs Financial is leaving the company to “explore new opportunities abroad”. Meanwhile, Edward Busk has returned to Telekurs Financial as part of the London sales team focused primarily on third-party relationships. He previously worked with Telekurs in sales between 1993 and 1999, before leaving to join Reuters as…

Arney Joins Xcitek in Recruitment

Joseph Arney has joined Xcitek as vice president responsible for supporting sales efforts in the recruitment of securities professionals within financial institutions on a consulting basis. He previously spent 14 years with the DTCC.

Raeves Surfaces at Goldensource

Goldensource has hired Gert Raeves as vice president of business solutions, based in London. Raeves was previously with CheckFree Heliograph in a product marketing role, as well as with Swift and JP Morgan in various roles. At GoldenSource, Raeves will report to Mark Zill, executive vice president of global software operations.

Church Retires from Cicada After 32 Years in the Business

Martin Church has retired from Cicada, after seven years with the company, and a total of 32 years in the financial information industry. Church established Cicada’s U.K. and European operation in 2000 and served as a board member in other enterprises in the Cicada group of companies. He will continue to serve as a special…

Gillott Departs from CSFB for Goldman Sachs

Mike Gillott has left his reference data management role at Credit Suisse First Boston. At CSFB, he was delivery manager in the product pricing and reference data department in London. He will be joining Goldman Sachs in August, though not in a reference data role.

Changes at Cicada; Schachne, Bhimani Leaves; Redfern, Stacey Transfer to CPL

There have been changes at Cicada as Bruce Schachne has left his role as vice president of global sales to join Standard & Poor’s as vice president of marketing in the global market development division of its ratings group. Hubert Holmes will now resume the global sales management role in addition to his business development…

Levy Replaces Birch at UBS; Birch Moves to Schroders

Stuart Levy has become head of UK data management at UBS based in London. He replaces Steven Birch who has moved to become head of data management at Schroder Global Asset Management, also in London.