White label ETF issuer HANetf, has announced that Manooj Mistry has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

He will join the firm at the beginning of next month.

HANetf described Mr Mistry as an ETF pioneer and industry veteran, he has over 25 years of leadership in asset management and ETF business development as former CEO of DWS Investments UK Limited and Head of Xtrackers ETFs and Index Investing at DWS.

Reporting to Co-CEO, Nik Bienkowski, Manooj will lead the product development, operational and regulatory aspects of the HANetf business. 

Co-Founder and Co-CEO of HANetf, Nik Bienkowski, commented: “Manooj joins us at a time of rapid expansion for the HANetf’s full service white-label platform and we are thrilled to have on-board his deep expertise and knowledge of building successful ETF businesses. Manooj launched the Xtrackers ETP business at Deutsche Bank in 2007 and during his time oversaw the launch of over 400 UCITS ETFs and ETCs, creating the number two ETP provider in Europe.  

Mr Mistry’s appointment comes at a time of rapid expansion for HANetf that has seen it exceed $2 billion assets under management last week, an increase of over 85 percent in eight weeks since the beginning of 2021.