NEW YORK, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --   (http://www.myprgenie.com) -- Orchard Street Partners, a leading provider of management consulting services to the financial services industry, today announced the opening of a London office.  This is a result of an increase in the number of cross border and global strategic initiatives from both U.S. and international clients. Orchard Street Partners is also pleased to announce the appointment of Steven M. Hodgetts as Managing Partner. Steven will head up the company's activities in the U.K.

Mr. Hodgetts has more than 25 years of executive management experience in the Securities Services and Capital Markets industries with specific product expertise in Corporate Trust, Global Shareholder Registry, Global Custody and Money Market Instruments. He brings significant management level experience to the organization in key disciplines including product management, business development, project management and mergers and acquisitions. Steven's experience includes senior management roles at The Bank of New York Mellon, where he directed the successful development and execution of several cross border acquisitions.

Mark F. Ferraris, Managing Principal for Orchard Street Partners, said "we are delighted to have Steve join the Company. He brings significant global acumen and experience as we make our first move into the international markets. The increasingly complex nature of the global markets is challenging our clients to keep up. This move positions our organization to support both existing and new clients in a more comprehensive fashion and Steve's experience will be a key component of those efforts."

Since 2006, Orchard Street Partners has worked closely with a broad array of financial services enterprises including banks, insurance companies, asset managers and governmental agencies, as well as those companies that support the industry including law firms, technology providers and administrative services companies in the development and execution of strategic management and growth strategies.

Based in New York, Orchard Street Partners provides a unique array of management consulting services to its financial services clients; positioning itself as an extension of its clients' executive management team for initiatives in several critical areas including product assessment and re-engineering, new product and market development, product and service distribution strategies and acquisition or divestiture initiatives. For more information on Orchard Street Partners, please go the Company's website at www.ospartners.net

For further information, please contact:
Steven Hodgetts +44 7515 760388 stevenhodgetts@ospartners.net

Contact: Mark Ferraris, markferraris@optonline.net, 516-503-9007

SOURCE Orchard Street Partners