Michael Kempe
Chief Operating Officer, Link Market Services, Link Asset Services
Michael is the COO of Link Market Services which is part of Link Asset Services. Link Asset Services was previously known as Capita Asset Services until it was acquired by Link Group In November 2017. Michael joined Capita Registrars in January 2007 after having spent 11 years with the Euroclear Group. Michael joined the Capita Registrars board in July 2007 and become Chief Operating Officer in March 2015. His current responsibilities include all operational functions including both regulated and non-regulated functions as well as industry matters and Link Market Services’ business transformation and service excellence strategy.
Prior to joining Capita, Michael worked for Chase Manhattan Bank and CRESTCo, which became part of Euroclear in 2002. At Euroclear, Michael was responsible for creating a harmonised corporate actions platform for the Euroclear group. In addition to meeting this challenge in the Belgian, Dutch, French, Irish and UK markets, Michael was Chairman of the European Central Securities Depositories Association’s Working Group 5 and was also co-Chairman of the ISO 15022 Global Market Practices Group defining global market practice in relation to ISO 15022 and corporate actions.