People on the Move
People on the Move is your definitive tracker of job changes, new leaders, and career shifts among the movers and shakers in global finance. Each day, we track changes in leadership at financial institutions, discuss new funds openings, and the funds that have shuttered their doors and changed strategies.
If you or someone you know in finance has made a big change in their career, contact us or share a press release. We track job developments across the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East in both the public and private space. If the job change impacts global investment firms, you’ll find an update and bio in this section.
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Essentia Analytics has added Martin Fincham to its Board of Directors. The company is a provider of behavioral data analytics and consulting for professional investors. Fincham comes to the firm with three decades of experience in the technology industry as an entrepreneur, CEO, and advisor to tech companies. He is currently on the boards of multiple B2B SaaS companies, including SHE Software, EyeQuant, Veeqo, Wazoku, and BlackCurve.
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