Alternative asset and corporate administration services provider SANNE has appointed Tracy Burns as the global operations director.

Burns will be based at SANNE’s headquarters in Jersey and will be leading the development and implementation of the company’s operations.

She will also be responsible for supporting the business and creating new global operational centres of excellence.

Furthermore, Burns has been made a member of the Groups Services leadership team which is led by SANNE chief operating officer Eric Watson.

Watson said: “Tracy’s appointment will strengthen SANNE’s leadership team, her extensive experience in operations will be vital to the business as we continue to expand.

“Tracy will lead our work in KYC and CDD activities and position us to be able to expand these operations globally, so we can deliver right-first-time outcomes to clients and maximise efficiencies and controls.

“It will enable us to drive forward with the simplification, standardisation, automation and centralisation of our processing activities.”

Earlier, Burns was working as the chief administrative officer at RBSI where she was in charge of leading specialist and large-scale operational teams such as payments, change management, property services and AML across various business segments and jurisdictions.

She was also associated with RBS and Coutts carrying out similar responsibilities.