State Street Corporation has appointed Maria Cantillon as head of Sector Solutions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Cantillon, who previously served as the global head of Alternative Asset Manager Solutions at State Street, will now be responsible for outlining and guiding the business strategy for key prospects and clients in the region. She will report directly to Liz Nolan, chief executive officer of State Street for EMEA.
Previous to this role, she was head of Alternative Investment Managers at BNP Paribas Securities Services and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Throughout her career, she has held similar sales and relationship management roles at HSBC and JP Morgan in Singapore, Hong Kong and London.