We are delighted to announce that Alan Booth has been appointed as our Global Head of Capital Markets.

In his new role, Alan will provide strategic direction to the group's global capital markets team whilst continuing to serve as head of our UK offices. He will work with our teams across 16 jurisdictions to drive growth in our capital markets business line which includes the provision of SPV administration, debt, CLO, escrow, captive insurance/ILS, maritime and aviation services.

Alan has been with Ocorian since 2017 and is a qualified English Solicitor and New York Attorney, with over 15 years' experience in the capital markets and corporate services sectors, most recently at Deutsche Bank.

Commenting on his appointment, Alan said: "Capital markets is a core pillar of Ocorian's service offering and an increasingly important sector for Ocorian's growth. With an ambitious team and global footprint, I look forward to leading Ocorian to be the pre-eminent independent services provider to capital markets transactions."

He continued: "Our capital markets team have decades of commercial and practical expertise and have worked through numerous credit cycles. The deep knowledge of sector specific transactions, ranging from insurance, securitisations, loans, transportation through to distressed and defaulted transactions ensures our team provide responsive, best-in-class solutions that minimise risk and maximise value for our clients. I'm looking forward to growing this area of the business further and expanding our range of management and administration services to current and prospective clients."

Farah Ballands, Chief Executive Officer added "Alan understands the commercial imperatives that underpin all capital market transactions and will provide leadership to the global team that supports clients at every stage of the transaction life cycle. I look forward to working with him in his newly expanded role."

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