RBC Investor Services has added two senior hires to its client solutions group. Germain Birgen has been appointed as head of client solutions for Europe (ex-Luxembourg), while Richard Clarke joins the firm as head of client design. Birgen will be based in Luxembourg, where he will lead a team responsible for delivering solutions to support clients and other tasks. He was previously a managing director at HSBC Securities Services Luxembourg. Clarke will focus on multi-regional clients, and was previously senior vice president for strategic solutions at Brown Brothers Harriman.