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Capco, a global business and technology consultancy dedicated solely to the financial services industry, has expanded its UK partner team with a series of internal promotions. Simon Brownlee, James Curzon, Steven Hargreaves and Kim Sgarlata join a team of 12 partners in Capco’s UK practice which covers the breadth of the financial services industry including banking, capital markets, financial risk and compliance, insurance and wealth and investment management.

The promotions reflect Capco’s commitment to developing its employees and maintaining an environment which encourages collaboration and innovation. This cultural commitment is a key reason behind its various award wins including its top ranking in The Sunday Times ‘100 best companies to work for'.

Simon Brownlee has more than 13 years’ experience across tier one investment banks specialising in front office IT strategy, target operating models, post-merger integration and finance transformation programmes. He works in Capco’s capital markets along with Steven Hargreaves who has 14 years’ experience in the space, with over 5 years leading global strategic change management teams in equity derivatives, collateral management and securities. Kim Sgarlata also sits within the capital markets practice and has been delivering large scale derivatives change programmes for more than 11 years. She specialises in target business and operating models, post-merger integration and the establishment of counterparty portfolio management functions. James Curzon, has over 15 years’ expertise in delivering business/IT transformation across the retail banking, insurance and cards/payments industry and operates within Capco’s banking team.

Capco UK CEO Andrew Tarver said, “Promoting from within the company is the best example of how our talent pool at Capco is developing. We continue to hire industry and consulting specialists who have strong real-world experience of working at financial institutions. These promotions reflect the importance we place on developing talent from within. Our employees understand the challenges our clients face because we have faced them ourselves, it’s our people who make Capco different.”

About Capco
Capco, a global business and technology consultancy dedicated solely to the financial services industry. Our professionals combine innovative thinking with our unrivalled first-hand industry knowledge to offer our clients consulting expertise, complex technology and package integration, and managed services to move their organisations forward.

Through our collaborative and efficient approach, we provide our clients with tools to enable them to increase revenue, better manage risk and regulatory change, reduce costs and enhance control. We specialise in banking; capital markets; wealth and investment management; finance, risk & compliance; and technology. We serve our clients from offices in leading financial centres across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. To learn more, visit our web site at capco.com and subscribe to Capco's newsroom RSS feed.