4sight Hires Former ABN AMRO Securities Finance Exec

4sight Financial Software has hired Edward Cockram as North American product consulting director.

He will be based in New York and provide client consultation and business analysis services to 4sight’s clients in the region.

Prior to joining 4sight, Cockram served as vice president of Securities Finance at ABN AMRO, where he established and ran the collateral finance trading desk. Before ABN AMRO, he worked in collateral finance at Fortis Bank and has previous experience as a trader and in system development and implementation.

“We are pleased to welcome Edward to our rapidly expanding North American team,” says Alastair Chisholm, managing director of 4sight. “Edward has considerable experience in areas such as collateral, liquidity and balance sheet optimization, utilizing securities lending, repo, delta-one and other products. His broad industry and technical expertise will further strengthen the consultative approach 4sight offers to clients and prospects.”