Nick Parsons
Global fund network Calastone has appointed Nick Parsons to the role of Chief Technology Officer, where he will be responsible for the company's technology operations as well as product strategy and development.
Parsons has over 30 years of experience in IT and asset management. Prior to joining Calastone, he held several executive-level leadership roles at Bravura Solutions, including CTO, COO, and CEO.
Prior to joining Bravura Solutions, Parsons was CTO at DST Global Solutions (now part of SS&C), where he was responsible for driving technical innovation across a diverse product portfolio.
To continue driving the firm's leadership and market adoption of new digital investment tools, Calaston has appointed Adam Building as Principal Architect, responsible for leading the firm's digital investments program and collaborating with clients to enable new token investment models – the next generation of crowdinvesting.
“The box industry is going through a major transition towards digitization. As our network continues to grow, Nick will be instrumental in driving our future technology strategy as we expand our business into new sectors and continue to support our customers through the next phase of automation.” Calaston CEO Julian Hammerson.
“I'm proud of the progress we've made so far in driving innovation in asset tokenization. Adam will play a critical role as a key architect in leading the funds industry into a new era, which will see tokenized investment vehicles become the standard,” Hammerson adds.