Expand Consulting LLP, a trusted advisor to CEOs, CIOs and their executive teams within global capital markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of Raza Hussain as Group Managing Partner and Gary Gibbs as Managing Partner, sales and marketing.
With the recruitment of these two key appointments, Expand is keen to realise the next phase of its development on the back of rapid 35% year on year growth.
These changes are effective immediately.
As Group Managing Partner of Expand, Raza is responsible for the vision, direction and operations of the business. Most recently Raza was the CEO of CIO Connect, a leading membership organisation for CIOs and other top IT decision makers, and the Managing Director of the IMPACT Programme, the UK's leading provider of personal and professional development for CIOs and their core teams.
Prior to these roles Raza was a consultant to the investment banking sector from where he has a successful record of delivering back-office projects and programmes both in the UK and Europe.
As the company continues to go from strength to strength, Raza confirmed that "this is an exciting time to be joining Expand and I am looking forward to the opportunity of firmly positioning Expand at the heart of decision-support services in global capital markets".
Raza is based in the London office.
Gary Gibbs joins Expand with extensive financial services expertise, bringing nearly 20 years business experience in providing enterprise technology solutions to the top global financial services, banking and Fortune 100 organisations.
At Expand, Gary has management responsibility for the firm's key sales and marketing activities including identifying, driving and expanding new revenue channels, client relationships and strategic partnerships. The appointment of a single executive responsible for global sales and marketing, along with the restructuring of the sales team, represent significant reinforcements to accommodate business growth.
Most recently, Gary was Vice President Banking Group for operational risk management solutions at CheckFree Software (NASDAQ: CKFR) - who acquired Accurate Software Inc in May 2005 - with direct sales and pre-sales management responsibility for North America. Prior to establishing Accurate Software Inc. in 1998, Gary was Vice President Sales North America at Maryland-based Merant (formerly INTERSOLV), a global provider of enterprise software development technologies.
Gary started his career in the aerospace engineering industry developing advanced technology programs and applications before moving into the software business in 1989.
Commenting on his recent appointment, Gary stated that "Expand is a well recognised and respected company within global Tier 1 banks and I am thrilled to be joining this cutting-edge firm with a remit to accelerate growth and fortify market position".
Gary is based in the New York office.