Ian Oswald joins GFT as director of strategy and offerings

GFT has appointed Ian Oswald as its executive director of strategy and offerings. He brings greater than 25 years of expertise to the function.

Carlton Hopper, UK managing director at GFT, mentioned, “Ian is a good addition to our management group. His expertise working in trade and consultancy for a number of the UK’s greatest banks means he understands the digital challenges and alternatives dealing with the sector and our purchasers. We’re wanting ahead to seeing the optimistic impression his appointment can have on our purchasers.“

Based in 1987, GFT is a consulting agency specialising in digital transformation. Headquartered in Germany, the agency has workplaces throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia – and works to assist purchasers to spice up their productiveness with clever software program options.

Oswald joins GFT’s 280-strong UK group with a quarter-century of expertise in expertise transformation for retail and industrial monetary companies. At GFT, he will probably be liable for driving the enterprise’ capabilities and choices for the corporate’s purchasers throughout the monetary companies trade.

Previous to becoming a member of GFT, Oswald was a associate with EY’s expertise consulting group, main engagements on expertise technique, transformation roadmap and execution for big banking teams and challenger monetary establishments. Earlier in his profession, he additionally held roles at IBM, PwC and NatWest.

Talking on his new function, Oswald added, “GFT is a pacesetter in engineering excellence and its experience in integrating trendy trade platforms is strictly what is required within the monetary companies market. I am wanting ahead to working with our purchasers to drive ahead their transformations, and lead GFT’s technique and choices.”

GFT has already had a sturdy begin to 2024, having introduced its acquisition of Sophos Options in January. The acquisition has grown GFT’s headcount by 20 % to greater than 12,000 specialists worldwide. On the identical time, the agency can also be rising its headcount organically – and the arrival of Oswald is GFT’s second senior rent in six months. It follows the arrival of Priya Lakshmi, who joined as GFT’s chief income officer in October.