The new hire, who has been with the firm since 2016, has helped establish its global digital centre of excellence in Singapore.

UK-based Schroders has appointed Marita McGinley as head of operations, Asia Pacific (APAC), in addition to her role as global head of digital assets strategy. Based in Singapore, McGinley will assume the role on 1 September 2025. 

She will report to Dionne Smith, global head of platform services and Keith Frimpong, global head of platform change. 

McGinley's new responsibilities reflect Schroders’ ambition to advance its Global Operating Platform – a modular, process-driven and multi-skilled model designed to integrate emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, distributed ledger technology (DLT) and data. 

McGinley, who joined Schroders in 2016, has held several senior leadership positions, including global head of digital assets strategy and head of digital automation and enablement practice. Since relocating from London to Singapore in 2023, McGinley has helped establish the firm’s global digital assets centre of excellence in Singapore, a hub dedicated to advancing innovation, collaboration and the scalable adoption of digital asset solutions across the business. She has also forged relationships with financial regulators and industry partners across the region. 

Prior to Schroders, she spent nearly eight years at Man Group, where she gained experience in operational management and transformation.

“Her leadership in digital assets, combined with her ability to navigate the region’s evolving landscape, positions her to lead our operational platform and reaffirm our commitment to Asia Pacific as a strategic hub for excellence and innovation,” Gopi Mirchandani, head of client group Asia, Schroders, said.

“This region is not only a dynamic growth engine, but also a key proving ground for financial innovation. There is an enormous opportunity to position Schroders and our clients at the frontier of digital transformation,” McGinley added.

Schroders, which provides asset management, wealth management and investment solutions, has £776.6 billion ($1.064.2 billion) of assets under management.