Iress appoints new UK govt managing director

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Fintech and again workplace system supplier Iress has promoted Alistair Morgan to a newly-created function of govt managing director – UK.

Mr Morgan has been the agency’s UK chief monetary officer since 2018, working carefully with the its native and world management crew.

Earlier than becoming a member of Iress, Mr Morgan held management roles at Jaguar Land Rover and KPMG.

In his new function he will assume day-to-day management and oversight of Iress’ UK enterprise technique and be part of Iress’ prolonged world management crew reporting to Harry Mitchell, Iress’ group govt for wealth & the UK.

Harry Mitchell stated: “Alistair brings the appropriate stability of inside and exterior expertise to this newly-created and pivotal management function for Iress’ UK enterprise. He has the strategic mindset and monetary acumen to efficiently lead our UK enterprise going ahead.

He stated Mr Morgan will assume day-to-day duty for Iress’ UK enterprise unit together with accountability for the agency’s business, product, danger and expertise outcomes.

Alistair Morgan, stated: “This function reinforces our dedication to the UK market at an thrilling time for Iress. We’ve a powerful crew and clear concentrate on driving higher outcomes for our purchasers.”

Iress is a expertise firm offering software program to the monetary companies business. It gives software program and companies for buying and selling & market information, monetary recommendation, funding administration, mortgages, superannuation, life & pensions and information intelligence.

It says its software program is utilized by greater than 10,000 companies and 500,000 customers globally. It has extra 1,900 folks primarily based in Asia-Pacific, North America, Africa, the UK and Europe.

Final yr it axed 10% of jobs globally in a significant shake-up for the enterprise which stated the transfer would assist improve effectivity.

It had beforehand dedicated to sustaining its presence within the UK, within the face of media stories that steered in any other case.

It stated that it was targeted on discovering the appropriate construction and situations for achievement within the UK.