State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) announced today that it has appointed new country heads for three European markets: Andreas Niklaus has been appointed as the head of Germany, Riccardo Lamanna as the head of Luxembourg and Dagmar Kamber Borens as the head of Switzerland.
In their respective regions, they will be responsible for developing business, stewarding client engagement, developing talent, and building the company’s brand and market network, in addition to maintaining strong and proactive regulatory relationships.
Dagmar Kamber Borens has been appointed as the country head of Switzerland. She has more than 20 years of experience in the banking industry. Most recently, she was the designated Chief Executive Officer and country head of Quintet Private Bank Switzerland AG.
Ms Borens spent 18 years at UBS AG, where she held a number of senior management positions, including group Chief Financial Officer for Asia Pacific in Singapore, and Chief Operating Officer for the Swiss Universal Bank at Credit Suisse AG, where she had responsibility for strategy, IT/operations, digitalization, banking products and marketing.
Riccardo Lamanna, head of Alpha Business Development for EMEA and the legal entity head and board member for State Street Global Exchange GmbH, has been appointed as the country head of Luxembourg. He joined State Street in 2010 as part of the Intesa Sanpaolo acquisition, and successfully led its Italian branch and managed Global Services in the Netherlands prior to his most recent role.
Andreas Niklaus has been appointed as the country head of Germany. He joined State Street in 2003 to manage the Depotbank and successfully integrated Deutsche Bank’s Security Services business into State Street Bank International GmbH. Andreas has served as Chief Operating Officer since 2006, and was most recently responsible for Global Services in Germany, Austria, Netherlands and the Nordics, and served as the European head of Depositary Services.
“Our country heads are critical to our vision and path forward to being an essential partner for our clients. Andreas, Riccardo and Dagmar all bring significant, on-the-ground experience to their roles and are highly skilled to lead the creation and execution of an enterprise-wide growth strategy for their respective markets,” said Jörg Ambrosius, Executive Vice President and CEO, Europe, Middle East and Africa for State Street .