BrazilAxxsys Consulting names Martin Bjorn Jensen Head of Performance & Risk
Martin Bjorn Jensen has joined Axxsys Consulting’s office in Copenhagen, Denmark. “I am very excited about joining such a forward thinking consultancy organisation,“ said Jensen, who will lead the firm’s global Performance & Risk practice.
The Dane joins the consultancy, a business and technology specialist for the asset management sector, from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) where as a Simcorp Dimension Specialist he managed many aspects of the solutions’ operation in the business. With assets estimated to be as much as $875 billion, ADIA is one of the globe’s largest sovereign wealth funds – ADIA is owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and is primarily tasked with managing the Emirate’s excess oil reserves. Jensen supported the technical side of operations, as ADIA continuously seeks to improve the performance of its asset classes and portfolios through benchmarks and optimisation, as well as streamlining front office and back office activities.
Previously, Jensen worked nearly nine years for Danske Capital where he held various senior positions within performance and risk. Latterly, he served as Chief Controller/ Head of Mid Office, in the role leading two subteams: Performance & Risk (the function which handles everything related to performance calculations, benchmarks, GIPS, UCITS compliant risk reporting and key ratios calculation), and Private Client Investment Support (the arm which ensures that clients are aligned to portfolio strategies).
Earlier in his career, Jensen worked two years for Simcorp, a provider of investment management solutions to asset managers; Danske Capital, the asset management wing of Danske Bank, in his first three year stint at the Danish bank, and; Danish media company Jysk Fynske Medier, where he started his career after obtaining a Master degree in Science and Economics from the University of Southern Denmark.
At Axxsys Consulting, a consulting firm with employees serving across offices in London, Toronto, New York and Copenhagen, the most recent addition to the firm’s footprint. Established in April this year, Axxsys Consulting’s Copenhagen office serve the firm’s clients in the Nordics, spanning Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway – combined, the four Scandinavian countries constitute a management consulting market estimated to be worth €2.8 billion. From the base in Copenhagen, Jensen will serve regional clients, but will be working with clients and consultant teams across Europe, US and Canada.
Jensen will lead Axxsys’ Performance & Risk practice, in a move that Alix Cheema, the CEO of Axxsys Consulting, describes as a “response to increased demand from investment management firms to use Axxsys’ portfolio management services, specifically focusing on performance and risk expertise.”
“We are seeing the impact of increased regulation and investor demands placing more pressures on asset management firms around the middle and front office to ensure risk is properly managed whilst looking to maximise returns for investors. Martin brings great knowledge and experience of performance and risk, both from a business and technology perspective and will be a valuable asset to the team as we look to increase our support to our clients in this critical area of their business.”
The new leader will also support innovation within the consultancy. Axxsys Consulting has a number of proprietary solutions for performance and risk (known internally as ‘Axxelerators’) that help clients with fast track development and implementation of processes, policies and procedures. “Performance and risk in the investment operations arena has seen much greater focus in the last few years and firms are looking to ensure they have the most appropriate systems in place and have a culture of embracing best practices. Axxsys have recognised this need and I am looking forward to working with their impressive range of clients,” remarked Jensen.
The appointment of Jensen comes two months after Axxsys Consulting added three other senior asset management experts – Caspar Jensen, Henrik Mortensen and Peter Falck – to its growing Copenhagen office.
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