Margaret Harwood-Jones appointed as ISSA Chair

ISSA is pleased to announce that Margaret Harwood-Jones, Global Head of Financing and Securities Services at Standard Chartered, has been appointed as the new Chair of the ISSA Board.

Margaret is the Global Head, Financing and Securities Services (FSS) at Standard Chartered, with responsibility for providing strategic leadership for the Securities Services and Prime product businesses globally, leading and coordinating activities of all functions which comprise those businesses. Margaret has three decades of experience within the securities services industry.  Previously in senior manager positions at BNP Paribas, and before that at HSBC, Margaret has undertaken roles in global sales management, relationship and service management, marketing, strategic development and business unit leadership for global custody and corporate trustee activity.

Margaret is a Chartered Individual of the Securities and Investment Institute and an Associate of the Institute of Bankers.  She holds a General Management Programme certificate granted by the European Centre for Continuing Education, INSEAD, France.

Margaret will take over from Vicky Kyproglou, Managing Director, at UBS. ISSA would like to thank Vicky for her great work in driving the organization’s agenda over the last two years and to welcome Margaret to her new position.