State Street Appoints Lawton to Head EMEA Securities Finance

State Street has appointed Alex Lawton to senior managing director and head of securities finance for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

He joins from Barclays where he was head of equity finance and equity prime services, EMEA. He was also head of prime brokerage for EMEA at Bank of America.

Lawton succeeds Don D’Eramo, who after five years of heading the EMEA securities finance team, will move back to the U.S. at the end of June.

In his role at State Street, he will be responsible for expanding the securities finance business across the region. Lawton will report to Rajen Shah, head of State Street Global Markets for EMEA and Lou Maiuri, global head of securities finance.