Elgin White has announced the appointment of Hans Otto Engkilde who joins as a Managing Director.

Hans Otto adds vast experience to our already expanding SimCorp team and having worked with C-suite executives including heads of technology and operations at numerous institutional investment management firms, mutual funds, wealth and asset management firms, pension funds and family offices.

He has a deep understanding of the operational and investment system challenges these firms face – and how to solve them.  

In addition to Hans Otto’s extensive consulting experience, he also has in-depth insight into the investment operations vendor landscape, having worked at SimCorp, swissQuant and Alpha FMC.

Hans Otto commented: “I’m excited to be back working alongside former associates and colleagues like Erik Schutte and the wider team at Elgin White. It is great to be part of such an experienced and fast-growing team of experts in data management, cloud adoption, investment accounting, trade-order management, performance measurement and attribution, client reporting, and the entire investment life cycle. Together, we are ideally positioned to help investment managers become more efficient and cost-effective with their operating model. ”   

Speaking of the appointment Erik Schutte, Managing Director at Elgin White said: “Hans Otto will be a huge asset to Elgin White’s clients globally. He has a long-established reputation for understanding the challenges that investment managers are facing, both operationally and competitively, and working with them to identify ways to deliver better client service, at a lower cost. His long background within the SimCorp world in Europe and the Middle East will support our further growth.”