Chard has been appointed as group head of growth, a newly-created global role. He will continue to report to Roman Regelman, FNZ’s group president. Chard joined the firm in 2018; most recently, he was group head of North America. “FNZ remains deeply committed to the North American market and continues to invest in long-term partnerships and innovation in the region,” it said in a statement. 

Coman will join as group head of Europe, based in London, also reporting to Regelman. She brings more than 20 years of experience in financial services, having held senior executive roles at ING Bank and NN Group. Coman has led digital transformations, executed M&A strategies, and built teams across European markets. FNZ said this experience “will be instrumental as FNZ continues to grow in this dynamic and diverse region.”

In April, FNZ secured $500 million in new equity funding. The announcement of the equity fundraising, made from existing shareholders, is a separate matter from the $2.1 billion refinancing of November last year and the August 2024 equity raise of $1 billion.

In July 2022, FNZ bought New Access, a private banking tech firm mainly active in the markets of Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. A year before, it agreed to buy Switzerland-based onboarding tech specialist Appway. In early 2022 FNZ secured $1.4 billion in new equity funding from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Motive Partners. It has also partnered with Clearstream – the post-trade services provider of Deutsche Börse Group.

In February this year, FNZ appointed Aashish Kamat as group chief financial officer, taking over from Stewart Maclean, who switched to a group finance director role, after having led the finance function in 2024.