Daniel Llewellyn has joined Calastone as head of market standards. Reporting to Calastone's business development director Ken Tregidgo, and in recognition of the importance of straight through processing of mutual fund transactions through to settlement, Llewellyn will be responsible for automated mutual fund settlement. Managing mutual fund settlement is an integral part of managing the transaction lifecycle and Llewellyn brings a wealth of experience from Euroclear and EMXCo.

Llewellyn joins Calastone from his role as product manager at Euroclear SA/NV where he had specific responsibility for Euroclear's initiative to dematerialise collective investments within the Crest system. From 2006 to 2008, Llewellyn was responsible for re-specifying and re-launching EMXCo's client facing information and was instrumental in the re-launch of the EMXCo's Standards Board. Prior to joining EMXCo, Llewellyn held a number of positions in the Information Systems division at Brewin Dolphin Securities.