SocGen Securities Services Sets Up New Team in Netherlands

Societe Generale Securities Services has set up a new team in Amsterdam.

The team will support the firm's development in the Netherlands and Nordic region, covering Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. 

Two new positions have been created. 

Roel van de Wiel has been appointed commercial director. He joins from State Street Solutions, where he was responsible for business development in the Netherlands and Belgium.  

Van de Wiel has more than 15 years' financial markets experience and has held a number of management positions at ABN Amro Mellon, APG Asset Management (previously ABP Investments) and Twynstra Gudde, an independent management consultant firm. In October 2006, he was the key initiator and jointly responsible for setting up J.P. Morgan's Investor Services business in Amsterdam, before moving to State Street Sector Solutions in 2010.

Bastiaan Aalders has been appointed head of business development. Previously the EMEA regional head of asset owner products at State Street Global Services, he will be responsible for developing and implementing business and client solutions for the region.

Aalders began his career in 1998 and spent seven years with Logica (previously LogicaCMG) as a financial consultant. In 2005, he joined State Street Global Services in Amsterdam and held various roles within the company. 

Both report to Mathieu Maurier, global head of sales and relationship management.