FRSGlobal has made three key appointments that reflect its continued expansion in the Asia Pacific region and its guarantee to support global regulatory reporting platforms for multi-country financial institutions.
Steve Thurley heads up the team from the Singapore office as vice president for the Asia Pacific region, including Japan. Thurley joins from Calypso Technology where he also looked after Asia Pacific. Previously Thurley was at Fiserv CBS where he was sales and marketing director. He joins FRSGlobal with over twenty years experience in providing banking services to tier 1 and 2 banks in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
“It is great news for FRSGlobal to have Steve on board. Weve worked hard to ensure that the best people in the business are part of our team, to provide our customers with the best possible service in the industry. Shawn and Bob have both overseen exceptional growth in their businesses through ensuring that the customer comes first and they bring this drive to FRSGlobal. The regulatory demands upon the banking industry are increasing on a daily basis worldwide, and will be accelerating in Asia Pacific, hitting businesses financial, knowledge and people resources. Our appointments reflect this – by taking the weight of this work upon our shoulders we are seeing business opportunities multiply,” says Steve Husk, CEO, FRSGlobal.
“I have been fortunate to join FRSGlobal at a time when the financial reporting in Asia Pacific is gaining a great dealt more attention and scrutiny from the authorities and this is expanding our business dramatically. We are experiencing much more of demand for our products. I have been in Asia Pacific fifteen years and there is now certainly more activity in the regulatory and compliance area and this demand bodes well for FRSGlobal,” adds Thurley.
Shawn Paul joins as Director Professional Services and Product Development. Paul previously worked for Calypso Technology where he was one of the founding members of their Asia Pacific presence. He played a key role in ensuring the success of projects in Australia, Japan and Singapore. More recently he helped open strategic new accounts in Dubai and India. Prior to that Paul was a manager working within the Australian banking sector for the Commonwealth Bank. Paul brings a strong understanding of the financial markets, a working knowledge of technology projects and a track record in building high energy teams to FRSGlobal.
“I see a strong Asian Pacific strategy as being a key component to the continued success and growth of FRSGlobal. In Asia Pacific the synergy of partnership, commitment, investment, long term relationships and our value proposition being the only truly global solution for regulatory and compliance reporting will be the driving force in what I believe to be exponential growth over the next five 5 years. I am excited to be working with this dynamic team to make FRSGlobal the choice solution for Asia Pacific financial institutions,” says Paul.
Bob Suvan, vice president Global Business Development, joins FRSGlobal to oversee the growth strategy in all the geographies. A native of Canada, he started his career at Ernst & Young Management Consultants in their technology practice. Moving to Europe in the early-90s, Suvan was involved with several high-growth technology-centric firms including Sybase and Cambridge Technology Partners. Suvan formed an integral part in helping their clients rapidly realising significant business value from the technologies and products on offer. He joins FRSGlobal following more than five 5 successful years at Hewlett-Packard where he oversaw the growth of the services business for HPs EMEA Financial Services corporate accounts.
“FRSGlobal has a truly unique set of differentiators. The global nature of the DataFoundation regulatory repository is years ahead of anything in the marketplace. Coupled with the fact that we have deep regulatory and compliance expertise across such a vast number of countries and regulators, all housed under one roof, offers real value and leverage for our clients. I am excited to join the strong leadership team that Steve Husk has assembled to harness this power for the benefit of our clients and partners around the globe,” says Suvan.