National Legal Company Appoints New CEO

Ayhan Baba, former Client Executive at BNY Mellon, has been appointed CEO of national law company, MSA National. With over 20 years of international banking and finance experience, Baba plans to drive substantial growth through the development of national relationships that are looking for consistent, friendly and quality service across state boundaries.

Prior to joining MSA National in January 2013, Baba worked for five years at The Bank of New York Mellon where he held a number of roles including Client Executive covering the Financial Markets and Treasury Services division and as Global Product Manager covering the Corporate Trust business. His international experience comes from spending 13 years at JPMorgan in London, Tokyo, Sydney and New York in various roles including North America Regional Business Head, APAC Regional Business Head and Global Product Manager.

“I am very excited to be appointed CEO of MSA, which is in the top 3 national law companies providing mortgage documentation and settlement services. MSA is very innovative and client focused. Coupled with friendly staff and advanced technology, I believe it has the right combination to make us the market leader.” Says Baba.

Nick Hughes, National Director based in Melbourne says, “Ayhan brings a very balanced and strategic mindset to the group. He has been able to provide an exciting vision of how we can take the group to the next level to increase both our client base and our efficiency.”

“Ayhan is widely respected in the financial industry and is certainly assisting the group in opening doors so that we can demonstrate our new and exciting offerings to that industry.”

MSA National has over 30 years experience in the mortgage industry, specialising in mortgage documentation and settlements services. Their approach is to develop partnerships with clients on all levels, including cultural alignment and technological integration. Operationally, their full end-to-end solutions are supervised by a director or partner in each state and strategically, they offer a single point of contact nationally for relationship management, system integration and reporting.