The global advisory and fund administration firm has expanded its executive team with the new recruit.

Maitland has appointed Martina Swart to the newly-created role of group head of governance services.

Swart joins from Orbis Investment Advisory, where she was a senior advisor to the business, covering governance matters. Previously, she was global head of prime service legal advisory at Barclays in New York. Before that, she held senior legal roles at major global financial institutions, including Citigroup, Citadel Investment Group and Credit Suisse.

Based in London, Swart brings experience in the management of legal, risk and compliance matters, including broker-dealer and fund regulation, fixed income and equity finance, insolvency law, securities law and prime services.

She joins Maitland’s executive committee and will be responsible for the day-to-day management of governance services, including the regulatory, compliance and risk management functions. She will report to the firm's chief executive, Steve Georgala.

“Martina joins Maitland at a time of rapid global growth. With new offices opened in Miami and New York this year, as well as the rapid growth of our alternative investment fund manager services, it is imperative to have someone as experienced as Martina on board,” said Georgala. 

“Martina’s comprehensive knowledge of relevant international laws, regulations, and state-of-the-art risk and control practices, will be crucial in underpinning our next phase of growth. Martina will play a key role in enhancing Maitland’s ability to design and execute strategies to reduce and manage risk for our clients.”

Maitland, which was founded in Luxembourg in 1976, operates from 16 offices across 12 countries and has over $280 billion in assets under administration.