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For general enquiries please contact the ISLA Administrator in the first instance. Alternatively if you have a specific Securities Lending issue or question, then please feel free to contact one of the officers or committee members listed below:
Laurence Marshall - Chairman Laurence Marshall - Chairman
Laurence Marshall is a Managing Director in Prime Brokerage Services with UBS Investment Bank, London. He joined UBS in 1993 where he established and managed the Securities Borrowing and Lending desk.

Laurence’s current area of responsibility is the management of the International supply business, and is responsible for managing client relationships. He has represented UBS on various industry bodies and is currently a member of the European Equilend Board.

Prior to joining UBS, he spent three years working for Sheppards, the former UK Money Broker.

Laurence was appointed ISLA Chairman in May 2007.
Managing Director, Prime Brokerage Services
UBS Investment Bank
laurence.marshall@ubs.com
James Templeman - Deputy Chairman James Templeman - Deputy Chairman
James works in the securities lending team as the Head of Trading for Europe, and in conjunction with the other regional managers is responsible for agreeing global trading strategies, co-ordinating trading activity as well as looking for higher levels of efficiency & automation in the lending process.

Prior to joining BGI in April 2001, James was the Head of Securities Lending & Derivatives Support at Cogent Investment Operations Ltd, which is part of the AMP Group and he also spent one very enjoyable year working in AMP's head office in Sydney. James graduated from Leicester University in June 1992 with a degree in Politics and Economics.

Head of Trading for Europe - Securities Lending
Barclays Global Investors Ltd, London
james.templeman@barclaysglobal.com
Richard Steele - Ex-Officio Richard Steele - Ex-Officio
Richard is currently responsible for international product management and development for securities lending at JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services. Richard has twenty years experience in the securities industry, eight of which have been with JPMorgan Chase. He was previously a director at King & Shaxson Ltd, a UK securities lending and money market intermediary and holds a degree in Modern History from the University of St Andrews.

Richard has served on the ISLA Executive Committee since 2001 and was Chairman from May 2005-7.
Head of Product Management and Development, Securities Lending & Market Products, JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services
JP Morgan Chase Bank, London
richard.uk.steele@jpmorgan.com
David Rule - Chief Executive Officer David Rule - Chief Executive Officer
David was appointed as ISLA's first Chief Executive in May 2007 having worked as a consultant to the Association from the beginning of the year. Previously David was Head of Sterling Markets Division at the Bank of England where he led the Bank's reforms of the sterling money markets which completed in 2006. David also chaired the Securities Lending and Repo Committee from 2002 until 2006. Earlier in his career David worked as a banking regulator and on payments and settlements policy at the Bank.
CEO
International Securities Lending Association
david.rule@isla.co.uk
Ian Hovey - Treasurer
Ian is responsible for Sales and Client management for the securities lending product. Ian originally established and ran the securities lending product for Morgan Grenfell Asset Management, which later became Deutsche Asset Management.

Ian moved to State Street in 2003 when State Street acquired the Deutsche Bank GSS businesses. He has now been in the securities lending business for over 17 years.

Director
State Street Bank & Trust Company
ijhovey@statestreet.com
Mark Tidy - Secretary Mark Tidy - Secretary
Mark Tidy joined ABNAMRO Mellon in June 2006 as Securities Lending Product Manager. In this role Mark is responsible for managing the securities lending sales process as well as the management and oversight of all securities lending client relationships. He also plays an integral role in the shaping of new securities lending products and services.

With 25 years experience in Financial Services, Mark has previously worked for JP Morgan, where he was responsible for sales and marketing to securities lending prospects and customers for the EMEA region, and Deutsche Bank and Nomura where he held senior management positions.
Securities Lending Product Manager
ABNAMRO Mellon, London
mark.tidy@abnamromellon.com
Hugh Gibson - ISLA Consultant
Hugh, who recently retired from HSBC will work for ISLA on a part time basis. This is a great opportunity for ISLA to utilise Hugh's vast experience to our benefit by helping the committee on the increased number of issues that are before us as well as in building ISLA's image and reputation throughout Europe.

During a career spanning 29 years, Hugh was a Corporate Banking Director responsible for City Markets (moneybrokers, stockbrokers, market makers, fund managers and the Lloyds insurance market) from 1985 to 1995. He then joined the executive management team at HSBC's global custodian where he was, at different times, responsible for stocklending, repo clearing, corporate trust, credit and risk, project management and latterly product and market strategy.

He was a founder member of the Stocklending and Repo Committee and also heavily involved in British Bankers Association and APACS committees, amongst others. He represented the UK on Clearing and Settlement issues at the European Banking Federation in Brussels and was a member of the UK Market Advisory Committee.

He holds an MA (Hons) in Classics from Keble College, Oxford and was an affiliate of the Securities Institute.
Consultant
hughsgibson@btinternet.com
Sarah Nicholson - Board Member
Sarah is Head of Securities Lending and Repo at Morley Fund Management, a direct UK lender of Aviva Plc group assets. She joined the securities lending department of a legacy company, Norwich Union Investment Managers Ltd, in 1990 in the SL administration team, moving to the trading side in 1992 and has since been actively involved in its continued development and growth. Morley now represents one of the largest direct institutional lenders in Europe.

Experienced in every aspect of non-cash securities lending, Sarah is now responsible for all securities lending related trading and administration activity at Morley Fund Management Ltd. Along with day today activity, Sarah also has responsibility for the identification and implementation of new business opportunities.  
Head of Securities Lending & Repo
Morley Fund Management
sarah.nicholson@morleyfm.com 
Andy Clayton - Board Member
Andy is Senior Vice President and Head of Securities Lending at the Northern Trust Company in London. His current responsibilities include managing the International Equity and Fixed Income trading functions globally and the Cash Reinvestment / Repo trading desks in London. He is also a director of Equilend Europe Limited. Andy has had 20 years broad experience in the securities industry, 16 of which have been at the Northern Trust.

Andy has served on the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) Executive Committee since 1999 and was elected Chairman of the Association in June 2000. Andy has been in the Securities Lending business since 1993.

Senior Vice President & Head of Securities Lending
Northern Trust Company, London
arc1@ntrs.com
Kirstine McMillan - Board Member
Kirstine McMillan is trading manager at AIG Global Securities Lending in Europe, part of AIG Global Investment Group. Kirstine has 10 years experience in the securities lending industry covering both equity and fixed income products.

Current responsibilities include managing trading and strategy along with business development and marketing. Kirstine has a BSc from the University of Glasgow and holds the Securities & Investments Institute Diploma.
Vice President
Global Securities Lending

AIG Global Inv. Corp (Europe) Ltd
kirstine.mcmillan@aig.com
Jonathan Lombardo - Board Member
Jonathan has been employed by Citigroup for the past twenty years.

Until last July Jonathan was employed within the broker dealer division of Citigroup. Whilst working for the broker dealer Jonathans functions included a supervisor role for DTC R/D, senior US specials traders for Equity Finance, and was responsible for the initial set up of the international equity finance trading desk in London.

Jonathans new role within Agency Lending/Securities Finance began as a relationship manager for the broker dealer community and has recently been promoted to European head of Equity Trading within Securities Finance. Jonathan has resided in London for the past nine years.

European head of Equity Trading - Securities Finance
Citigroup, London
jonathan.lombardo@citigroup.com
Mohamed Moursy - Board Member
Mohamed is Executive Director of Fortis Bank UK and Chief Executive Office of Fortis Global Securities Finance Group UK Ltd  and is responsible for managing the global securities finance group. Mohamed has more than 25 years of broad experience in the securities industry.

Prior to joining Fortis he held senior positions in various roles with The Bank of New York Capital Markets, Fleet Securities, Paine Webber and Lehman Brothers. His experience in the securities lending industry goes back to 1988 when he joined Lehman brothers as Director of Operation when the firm was establishing its UK securities lending operation.

Before 1988 Mohamed was Senior Vice President of Moseley Securities Corp, Chief Accountant of Al-Mal Group and held other banking positions in the city.
Fortis Bank
Mohamed.moursy@fortisbank.com
Andy Amstutz - Board Member
Andy is the European Chief Operating Officer for International Securities Lending, with 13 years' industry experience. His professional qualifications include joint degress in Economics and Accounting, a Certified Public Accountant, and an MBA.

He is currently a member of the European board of Equilend and is involved in various industry initiatives, including the European Agency Lending Disclosure Initiative.

In addition to Operating Officer responsibilities, Andy is the Global Head of Collateral trading and oversees European Securities Lending Connectivity efforts.
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Andrew.Amstutz@morganstanley.com
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Events more>
ISLA Autumn Ball 2008
19 Sep 2008
Royal Lancaster Hotel
London

ISLA/RMA Conference 2009
23-25 June 2009
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