Topic: Fund Accounting Applications and Global Connections

Tech Expert: Priya Tripathy

Priya Tripathy, Managing Director Fund Services Systems, shares insights on how his career in the software industry started, how his role as a developer has grown, and the importance of fostering global relationships.

Tell us a little about your career to date.

I joined BBH in November 2006 as a developer on the Fund Accounting Systems team. Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to help grow development teams across our global locations and take on increasing responsibility for our Fund Accounting and ETF technologies. In 2017, I was promoted to Managing Director, and in 2024 I stepped into my current role leading the Fund Services suite of applications.

Today, I oversee the development of our Fund Accounting, ETF, Fund Administration, and Fund Transformation systems. During my 19 years at BBH, what’s mattered most has been working with talented teams to build platforms that address real client needs and move the business forward, while improving our technology in practical, meaningful ways.

Getting meaningful data is often a key challenge for clients. How has your work helped?

Getting meaningful data really is a common challenge for clients. The place we started was with a simple question: how do you bring data together in a consistent, practical way that helps clients move their business forward?

Most organisations have data spread across many different systems. When that’s the case, it’s hard to trust it, hard to access it, and even harder to use it well. With that in mind, my team stepped back and rethought how data could be brought into an application, organised consistently, and made available to the people who rely on it day to day.

A big part of the effort was also about reducing the friction involved in working with data. We didn’t want people to need deep technical expertise just to connect data, make changes, or support new ways of working. Those capabilities are built in, which makes the application easier to maintain, easier to extend, and more responsive as needs change, while keeping the data structured and well managed.

For clients, the benefits are straightforward. They can explore their data, focus on what really matters, and organise it around real business needs. Over time, that makes it much easier to create specific views, support reporting and analysis, and reuse the same data safely and confidently.

We will continue to evolve what we’ve developed as client and firm needs change and more people rely on it to do their work more effectively.

Can you describe the impact building global relationships has had on your work?

Building strong global relationships has had a real influence on how I approach my work. From the outset, this was a shared effort across different parts of the firm, which meant collaboration wasn’t optional—it was essential. I spent time listening to teams in the U.S. and Europe, learning how they worked with data, understanding their needs, and bringing those perspectives together in a consistent way.

What made that possible was the firm’s collaborative culture and its size. It’s large enough to tackle complex work, yet small enough to support genuine relationships. That created space for open conversations, quick experimentation, and the ability to adapt as we learned from one another. Those discussions directly shaped our approach and helped ensure the work supported a broad range of needs, both internally and for clients.

On a personal level, these connections have been just as valuable as the outcomes themselves. Working closely with people across regions challenged my assumptions, broadened my perspective, and helped me grow as a leader. It reinforced something I’ve come to believe strongly—that the best solutions come from listening first and building trust, not just delivering technology.

What’s next for your team?

A strategic initiative is underway to expand BBH’s ETF technology capabilities through a services based approach. This work represents an important step in how the firm continues to evolve its technology offerings to better support ETFs and meet client needs, with a focus on scalability, flexibility, and long term growth.