Richard Fleischman Associates, a US provider of technology and services and advisor to more than 400 hedge funds and private equity firms, has appointed former Merrill Lynch manager Julian Croxall director of client consulting.

Mr Croxall, previously held a senior technology management position at Merrill Lynch in New York, where he directed technology for three multi-billion dollar hedge fund start-ups and a fund administrator.

Before that, he held several technology management positions across Europe and North America at Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley.