Board Biographies

Edward Annunziato

Chairman of the Board

Edward Annunziato became chairman of GlobeOp in April 2009. He has served as a member of the Board since July 2004 and is the chairman of the Nominations Committee and Litigation Committee. Mr Annunziato is currently a private investor and a director of Advanced Vision Research, Inc.. In 2008-2009 Mr Annunziato was a partner and head of financial services advisory at Tricorn Partners, an independent corporate finance and strategic advisory firm based in London, U.K. Previously, Mr. Annunziato was the chairman and chief executive officer of Wit Soundview Europe Limited. Before joining Wit Soundview, Mr. Annunziato served as managing director and co-head of European investment banking and head of international mergers & acquisitions at Merrill Lynch & Co. Mr Annunziato previously practised law at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York.

Hans Hufschmid

Director and Chief Executive Officer

Hans Hufschmid is chief executive officer and a member of GlobeOp’s management committee. He is based at our London office. Prior to becoming one of GlobeOp’s founding partners in 2000, Mr. Hufschmid was a principal at Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and co-head of its London office for five years, supervising traders, researchers, programmers and administration personnel. He also served on LTCM’s risk management and management committees. He previously spent 10 years with Salomon Brothers Inc. in London and New York; the last four as global head of foreign exchange sales and trading. Mr. Hufschmid was a managing director and a member of Salomon Brothers’ credit committee.

Martin Veilleux

Director and Chief Financial Officer

Martin Veilleux is our chief financial officer and a member of our management and operating committees. He is based in New York, NY office. Prior to joining GlobeOp in October 2006, Mr. Veilleux served as chief financial officer, treasurer and corporate secretary at NaviSys, Inc. and Boron, LePore & Associates. Prior to that, Mr. Veilleux spent 10 years at Concurrent Computer Corporation, where he served in positions of increasing responsibility in the finance organization. Mr. Veilleux began his career at Arthur Andersen. He is a certified public accountant.

Vernon Barback

President, Chief Operating Officer,

Vernon Barback, president and chief operating officer of GlobeOp Financial Services is based at the Company’s New York City office. Prior to joining GlobeOp in 2004, Mr. Barback was global head of operations and technology at Citigroup Asset Management, responsible for increasing assets under management, improving operations, the rollout of new products, and the advancement of technology. He began his tenure at Citigroup Asset Management as head of European operations.

Previously, Mr. Barback spent 22 years at Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank, where he was elected a managing director and served in a series of successively important management positions, including head of operations for Europe. Mr. Barback holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics from Cambridge University, England.

Jonathan Meeks

Non-executive Director

Jonathan Meeks has served as a member of GlobeOp’s Board since September 2003. Mr. Meeks joined TA Associates, Inc., a global private equity firm, in 1997 and has been a managing director of TA Associates since 2006. From July 1995 to September 1997, Mr. Meeks was an analyst at Robertson Stephens. Mr. Meeks is also a director of four privately-held companies in which TA Associates is an investor.

David Gelber

Independent Non-executive Director

David Gelber has served as a member of GlobeOp’s Board since June 2007. He is the chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees. From 1994 to 2005, Mr. Gelber was chief operating officer of ICAP Plc. He was also an executive director of ICAP Plc for seven years and a non-executive director for a further year. Prior to joining ICAP Plc, Mr. Gelber served as chief operating officer of HSBC Global Markets. Currently Mr. Gelber is a director of Altus Resource Capital Limited, Intercapital Private Group Ltd, which owns City Index Ltd, a spreadbetting and CFD provider; MF-Global Holdings Ltd. and a consultant to ICAP Plc. He is also non-executive chairman of Walker, Crips Plc and a member of the Global Advisory Board of Millenium Associates.

Edward Nicoll

Independent Non-executive Director

Ed Nicoll has served as a member of GlobeOp’s Board since July 2004. He is the chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Nicoll previously served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Instinet Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Nicoll served as chairman and chief executive officer of Datek Online Holdings Corp., as chairman of The Island ECN, Inc. and as president of Waterhouse Securities, Inc. Currently, Mr. Nicoll is a director of Gerson Lehrman, Inc. and Structural Investment Management LLC. 

Arun Seth

Independent Non-executive Director

Arun Seth has served as a member of GlobeOp’s Board since January 2008 and is a member of Audit, Compensation and Nominations Committees. Mr. Seth is chairman of BT India responsible for the sourcing operations of BT Group in India and for leading BT’s corporate social responsibility activity. Prior to joining BT in 1995, he served as senior vice president in the corporate management division of the UB Group, India’s leading brewing and spirits group, based in Bangalore and Delhi. His other corporate board memberships include Balmer Lawrie, Centum Learning and Jubilant Foodworks. He also serves on the boards of NASSCOM (India’s IT services association)and the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.