Brown Brothers Harriman has appointed William E. Locke and Crossan R. Barnes to the Securities Lending Team. Locke joins BBH as vice president in the Client Service Group, while Barnes will be working as regional sales manager for North America.
“We are very excited about Bill Locke and Crossan Barnes joining the BBH lending team,” said Patricia Fallon, senior vice president and co-manager of the Securities Lending Group. “We compete by having talented people and always putting our clients’ long-term best interests first. Both Bill and Crossan have the type of client service orientation that differentiates BBH’s securities lending services. We think they will be a great addition.”
Locke joins BBH from State Street where he worked most recently as vice president of Securities Finance servicing several of SSB’s largest securities lending relationships. Previously, he held positions at various financial institutions including Trema Inc, BankBoston Corporation, and Bank of America.Barnes also hails from State Street, where he worked as Securities Finance Client Service officer. Prior to this experience, Barnes worked for BankBoston.