Iress announces appointment of Eric Kuah to accelerate client growth

Iress has announced the appointment of Eric Kuah to the newly-created role of Head of Client Solutions - Asia.

Iress is a global provider of software to the financial services industry with clients across Asia, including Maybank Kim Eng and Hong Leong.

Mr Kuah will join Iress’ Singapore-based team today with the responsibility of leading the client solutions function in Asia; leveraging global expertise to support clients with sophisticated needs who want to use a combination of Iress’ software and services for an end-to-end solution including across broking, wealth management, market data and data analytic services.

Prior to joining Iress, Mr Kuah was the Regional Head of Digital Business Strategy at Maybank Kim Eng where he developed and executed its digital growth strategies across ASEAN and held a variety of senior digital business roles for over 10 years. Before this, he spent over four years as a system integration and technology consultant at Accenture specialising in financial services.

Iress managing director, Asia, Jason Hoang said: “I’m delighted to welcome Eric Kuah to the team. Having worked closely with Eric through our client Maybank Kim Eng, I know he brings tremendous experience and knowledge in designing business strategies and solutions across mobile, wealth, trading, data warehousing and market data. I look forward to sharing his expertise with our clients across the region.”

Iress incoming head of client solutions, Asia, Eric Kuah said: “I’m very pleased to be joining the Iress team in this exciting new role. I’ve been impressed by their culture as well as the breadth and depth of what Iress has to offer. I’m looking forward to working with clients to accelerate their growth aspirations with the right technology and digital capabilities.”