UK/EUROPE – Boston-based financial services group, State Street Corporation, has appointed Justin Shinebourne as head of its equity sales for Europe.

Based in London, Shinebourne will report to Daniel Wiener, managing director of State Street’s securities trading business in Europe. In addition to heading the European equity sales desk, Shinebourne will be responsible for the distribution of State Street’s research into investor and market behaviour.

Shinebourne joins from Morgan Stanley where he was executive director of pan European equity sales. Prior to that he was at ABN Amro, also in equity sales.

Says Wiener: “Shinebourne’s experience and client-focused approach are ideally suited to augmenting our equities business.”

State Street currently has over $770bn (€788bn) in assets under management and $6.2trn (€6.3trn) under custody worldwide.