As CEO Andrew Walsh is the driving force behind IRESS. He is also the original founder of XPLAN Technology after having worked as an actuarial consultant. Andrew’s been at the helm since 2009, previously spending seven years as Head of IRESS Wealth Management. Outside work Andrew is an avid cyclist and enjoys spending time with his family. He is also a keen photographer and one of his exciting experiences was photographing pro surfers in Hawaii at Pipeline. Andrew has recently been named as a finalist in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards.

Julia takes care of all aspects of our strategic and operational HR activities, incorporating people development, training, recruitment, and employee communications. Before joining IRESS in 2000, Julia worked for BT and Vertex. Away from the day job Julia loves skiing, watching rugby, taking family holidays and spending time with her daughter.

Aaron looks after the strategy, direction and lifecycle for IRESS’ Wealth Management and Financial Markets software and leads our Product Managers and Analysts. He has been working in FinTech since 1998 and enjoyed a diverse range of roles, having joined IRESS in 2004 and prior to that working for the likes of AXA, National Australia Bank, Bank of New Zealand and Legal & General across Australasia and the U.K.  Aaron enjoys sports and music and a well-guarded secret is (when he still had hair) he played guitar in an 8-piece band that played pubs and festivals across Australia & New Zealand. 

Glenn leads our wealth and trading business in the UK and also has leadership responsibilities for our Canadian division which he has headed up since 2014. Glenn knows the London market well having previously built the IRESS financial markets offering in the UK and across Europe. He has over 20 years’ experience of the investment banking industry working for the likes of Schroders, Salomons and Citigroup. A Chartered Accountant, Glenn has also worked at Deloitte and as a Director of Peresys in South Africa (which IRESS later acquired).

Jason became Managing Director of IRESS Asia back in August 2010. A co-founder of XPLAN Technology he, together with Andrew Walsh, was instrumental in transitioning XPLAN from an independent start-up to a fully integrated division of IRESS. In the days before IRESS, Jason worked for Mercer and Vision FPS. He’s a self-professed sports fanatic and thrives in a competition. He's captained Singapore at the Touch Rugby World Cups in Scotland and Australia and also represented his state team at the Australian Touch rugby national titles. 

John joined the team in April 2015 after working for 10 years at the Commonwealth Bank in a number of senior finance, strategy and operational roles. John has spent most of his career in the financial services industry and in roles with an international focus.

Kirsty heads up our Financial Markets business in Australia. Prior to this, she looked after the Product and Account Management teams, and also knows a thing or two about IRESS trading systems having been involved from the inception. Kirsty has over 20 years’ experience in the information vending industry and in broking from roles at Equinet, Knight Ridder Financial, and McIntosh Securities. Outside of work, Kirsty loves spending time with her family and can often be found down at the beach or watching her favourite AFL team, the Sydney Swans.

Peter joined IRESS in 2011 and brought with him many years' experience in international legal and commercial positions in the FinTech sector. That included seven years with Nasdaq OMX located in Stockholm, and later in Sydney at GBST and SIRCA. A little-known fact, Peter was once a navy diver for the reserves for 10 years, where he ‘blew some stuff up’ and jumped out of a couple of planes and helicopters. 

Simon was Chief Executive Officer of Avelo when it was acquired by IRESS in September 2013. He has 25 years’ financial services experience since joining Aviva in 1991 as a fresh faced graduate and moving his way up to Director of Intermediary.  At IRESS Simon is focused on developing our business, ensuring we build upon our market-central position and achieve our strategic goals. In his free time he is a keen golfer and loves spending time with his family.

Simon joined IRESS in November 2015 from Ernst & Young where he was a director in wealth and asset management.  He has extensive experience of domestic and international private wealth management and has clocked up around 23 years of financial services experience split between industry and management consulting. He’s also held senior management positions at Lloyds Bank and Capco. A lover of the great outdoors, his hobbies include skiing, running, mountain biking and golf.

Ray leads our business in South Africa.  Ray has over 20 years’ experience in financial markets technology solutions, having started his career developing Equity and Derivative solutions at a leading Merchant Bank.  Ray joined IRESS (Peresys prior to acquisition) 15 years ago and along with an impressive team has driven the successful adoption of technology solutions into the South African financial and wealth management markets.  When he’s not working Ray loves to cycle, especially off-road mountain biking, so much so that he has found a way to combine it with work by holding a regular MTB client meeting.  Ray’s family is a source of constant energy and joy, including 2 daughters who are the ’light of his life’.

Tizzy looks after the distribution of Wealth Management clients in Australasia, supporting them in the use of our software solutions. Tizzy believes that client service is fundamentally about building relationships based on respect, and she leads by example heading up all client facing divisions of the business. Tizzy joined us from VisiPlan in 2007 and also spent eight years with IWL Ltd.

Andrew has a strong track record in technology, software development and delivery having worked for Standard & Poor’s, Volkswagen Financial Services, Australian Wealth Management, and most recently, as long-serving chief information officer at financial services firm IOOF. In these roles he has overseen large technology and operational change and efficiency programs while building a culture of technology innovation.

Coran joined IRESS in January 2017 and leads our communications and marketing team. Coran brings a diverse range of skills and experience to IRESS. A former corporate lawyer, business journalist and public relations consultant, Coran has advised leading fund managers, technology and telecommunications companies, banks and insurers, and headed up media relations at the wealth arm of one of Australia’s largest banks.