Rory Zirpolo has been appointed vice president of business development at Hazeltree, a provider of cloud-based treasury and liquidity solutions to investment management firms.
Based in New York, Zirpolo will develop the firm’s customer base that subscribe to the securities finance functionality and data analytics services that Hazeltree provides to the buy- and sell-side.
In this role, Zirpolo will report to chief revenue officer Sandison Weil and will work under the direction of Timothy Smith, managing director of business development.
He brings more than 30 years of experience within the securities finance industry. Zipolo joins Hazeltree from a product management specialist position at GLMX, where he helped guide the firm’s expansion of GLMX’s securities lending technology.
Prior to this, Zirpolo was employed at EquiLend in 2018 within the firm’s business development team, where he focused on post-trade services in the Americas.
During his long career, Zirpolo has held a number of senior positions across WallachBeth Capital, Cantor Fitzgerald and Cowen and Company.
Commenting on his new role, Zirpolo says: “I am excited to be starting a new role with Hazeltree. Already a market leader in their field, I wish to be part of this and to assist in the continuing expansion of our client base in the securities finance and related data business arena.”
Smith adds: “Hazeltree is incredibly lucky to have Rory join our team. His experience across all aspects of the securities finance ecosystem will be massively impactful as we continue to grow horizontally, vertically and globally.”
