Alaric names Ron Hill Australia and New Zealand regional manager
Alaric International, a leading supplier of advanced technology solutions for the card payments industry, today announced that it has appointed payments industry expert Ron Hill to drive the company's growth activities in the Australia and New Zealand markets.
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Ron Hill joins Alaric as Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Regional Manager and will spearhead all Alaric's activities in the region. Ron has a 20 year pedigree in the payments industry and is a familiar name in the Australian payments arena. Most recently Ron Hill held CIO and CTO positions with Customers Limited and Cashcard Australia, both based in Sydney.
"Australia and New Zealand is a key market for Alaric's expanding presence in Asia Pacific," says Peter Parke, Alaric's Asia Pacific Director. "The overwhelming majority of institutions are still reliant on first generation platforms and the need to move to more flexible open systems is becoming pressing. Ron is highly regarded in Australia and comes to Alaric with a comprehensive market knowledge and payments background. Ron will be a key figure in enabling a transition to a second generation of payments systems and continuing to build our momentum in this region."
"Alaric is fostering a worldwide reputation for progressive, best-in-class solutions that deliver control and flexibility for critical systems, and competitive edge to customers. I am excited to be joining a team of such high calibre, and I look forward to accelerating Alaric's expansion and serving the growing customer demand across these important territorities," comments Ron Hill.
Alaric currently has operations in Europe, Australia and the US and has plans to expand its global distribution network in major markets with further office openings this year.