Our leadership

Shankar Iyer

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a Member of the Management Board and the Executive Committee

Shankar assumed the role of acting CEO of Intertrust Group from 7th December 2020. He brings more than 30 years of international experience in scaling businesses and has extensive experience in integrating digital capabilities for the benefit of clients. He joined Intertrust Group in 2019 following the acquisition of Viteos where he was CEO and co-founder. Prior to founding Viteos, Shankar was the President and CEO of Silverline Technologies, an IT services company which he led to its listing on the NYSE. Shankar has a degree in Science and Solid State Electronics and a Masters in Business from the University of Mumbai, India.

Rogier van Wijk

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a Member of the Management Board and the Executive Committee

Rogier joined Intertrust Group in 2017 as Group Controller and was appointed CFO in 2019. As of November 2020, he has assumed the responsibilities of the Chief Risk Officer temporarily. He has over 20 years of experience in finance, including several executive roles. He was previously CFO Europe for TPV Technology, which included Philips’ former television business, and has worked and lived in China, the Netherlands and US.

Roberto Canenti

Chief Human Resources Officer

Roberto Canenti joined Intertrust Group in June 2018 as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and member of the Executive Committee, based in Amsterdam.
Roberto has more than 20 years’ HR-specific experience and most recently worked for Virtu Financial (previously KCG), where he was Head of HR Europe and Asia since early 2015. Prior to this, he was with Barclays for over 10 years where he held various global executive HR roles.

Roberto, a British national, graduated with a BA in Politics from the University of Exeter.

Ian Lynch

Chief Commercial Officer

Ian has a track record of over 20 years in the alternative investment space. He joined Intertrust Group in 2019 as Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to that, he was at BNP Paribas Security Services where he was the Global Head of Alternative Investors and member of the company’s executive team. Since joining BNP in June 2015, he has successfully integrated the Credit Suisse Prime Fund Services business into BNP and created a scalable Alternatives franchise, delivering a multi-asset platform to support clients’ changing needs.

Prior to that, Ian was Global Head of Prime Fund Services at Credit Suisse for eight years, where he also simultaneously managed its Irish business. Ian has held several other executive positions with Citco and Citigroup.

Chitra Baskar

COO, Global Head of Funds & Product

Chitra Baskar joined Intertrust Group in June 2019 following the acquisition of Viteos where she was co-founder and Chief Operations Officer. At Viteos she successfully deployed Operations and Technology solutions for complex Alternative Investment Managers. Chitra has a proven track record in building world-class teams that are able to deliver innovative solutions to clients.

Based in New York, Chitra has more than 25 years of experience in the securities market and took on the COO role in December 2020 alongside her existing role of Global Head of Funds & Product. Prior to Viteos, Chitra headed the securities services business of IL&FS, a leading financial services institution in India encompassing custody, clearing, settlement and fund administration. Chitra is a Chartered Accountant with a degree in accounting from Madras University.

Lee Godfrey

Managing Director Western Europe

With over 20 years of experience in financial services, Lee joined Intertrust Group in 2019 as Managing Director Western Europe.

During the last eleven years, he held several strategic positions including CEO within a Luxembourg-based leader in data management and reporting solutions for the investment management and financial industry. Prior to that, he worked in an online investor relations services provider as Group COO and Member of the Board of the publicly listed company.

An English native speaker, Lee is also fluent in French and has basic proficiency in German.

Daniel Jaffe

Managing Director Americas & ROW

As Managing Director of the Americas and Rest of the World (ROW), Daniel is responsible for multiple jurisdictions, including the key financial centres of New York, London, Dublin, Dubai, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Before working at Intertrust Group, Daniel commenced his career in London as Relationship Banker for a major European Bank. He then moved to the USA as Vice President for their West Coast operations. In 2009 he moved to Intertrust’s UK office as Commercial Director and has held the position of Managing Director of both the London and Singapore offices. In 2017 he returned to the UK as MD for ROW and took on his expanded Americas role in December 2020.
Daniel’s knowledge and experience during his career entail working with Corporates, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Pension Funds and Private Clients. During his time in both San Francisco and London Daniel has specialised in European & Transatlantic M&A as well as structuring and corporate planning.