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Genesis Global has announced a series of executive leadership appointments as the firm seeks to strengthen connections between product strategy, technology innovation and client delivery.
Tej Sidhu, President and Chief Product Officer, Genesis Global, formerly Chief Technology Officer, has been appointed President and Chief Product Officer. Two long-standing Genesis leaders have also been promoted to senior technology roles: Shahin Askari, Chief Platform and Architecture Officer, Genesis Global and Andrew Rendell, Chief Engineering Officer, Genesis Global.
As President and Chief Product Officer, Tej Sidhu will lead go-to-market functions and product strategy. He continues to report to the CEO and remains a member of the firm's Executive Committee. Before joining Genesis in 2022, Tej Sidhu was CTO and head of R&D at Calypso (now Nasdaq), a leader in trading, risk management and post-trade processing solutions for the capital markets, for 16 years.
James Harrison, Co-founder and CEO, Genesis Global
James Harrison, Co-founder and CEO, Genesis Global said:
“Everything we do is a combination of platform, solutions and expertise. This makes us unique in the industry – a product company that doesn't limit clients with one-size-fits-all technology and a tailored solutions company that doesn't burden clients with maintaining proprietary code. In his new role, Tej will bring our technical expertise and commercial execution together so that clients achieve maximum value with Genesis,”
Tej Sidhu, President and Chief Product Officer, Genesis Global
Tej Sidhu, President and Chief Product Officer, Genesis Global said:
“This role is about being closer to clients, tightening feedback loops and ensuring product strategy is grounded in client demand. The technical and business value delivered by our platform, solutions and services are unrivalled and when our relationships are rooted in this value it creates a win-win for clients and Genesis,”
As Chief Platform and Architecture Officer, Shahin Askari leads strategy and technology investments for the Genesis Application Platform, including architecture, tooling and AI capabilities. He becomes a member of the firm's Executive Committee and reports to the CEO. Shahin Askari joined Genesis in 2023 as Senior Director of Platform Architecture.
Shahin Askari, Chief Platform and Architecture Officer, Genesis Global
Shahin Askari, Chief Platform and Architecture Officer, Genesis Global commented:
“The Genesis Application Platform is the high-performance chassis for financial markets software. It reduces total cost of ownership, boosts development capacity and accelerates innovation. Our framework provides inherent guardrails for AI to be a predictable and compliant actor in Genesis and helping clients take advantage of AI while maintaining governance and control is a major focus area for us,”
As Chief Engineering Officer, Andrew Rendell leads application delivery, quality, reliability, DevOps/SRE and is responsible for operational excellence in how Genesis builds and supports solutions for clients. He becomes a member of the firm's Executive Committee and reports to the CEO. Andrew Rendell joined Genesis in 2021 and was VP of Platform Engineering prior to his new role.
Andrew Rendell, Chief Engineering Officer, Genesis Global
Andrew Rendell, Chief Engineering Officer, Genesis Global said:
"Genesis is engineered for financial markets and we have deployed innovative solutions addressing the most complex challenges in trading, operations, portfolio management, risk and compliance. Maintaining an agile delivery process and tailoring our offerings to clients' exacting needs is what makes Genesis a unique partner for firms across financial markets,"
"We are optimising how we run our technology, enabling Shahin to focus on vision and innovation and Andrew to focus on execution and delivery. This approach allows us to maximise client satisfaction through on-time and on-budget delivery and helps us keep clients on the leading edge of innovation as we make AI a bigger part of the Genesis platform and solutions," James Harrison, Co-founder and CEO, Genesis Global also commented.
The Executive Committee at Genesis consists of James Harrison, CEO, Tej Sidhu, President and Chief Product Officer, Shahin Askari, Chief Platform and Architecture Officer, Andrew Rendell, Chief Engineering Officer, Carrie Mathieson, VP, People, and Fergal Magee, VP, Financial Planning & Analysis.
Genesis Global is an AI-native software application development platform provider with deep expertise in capital markets and financial services. The company is strategically backed by Bank of America, BNY and Citi, with offices in London, New York, Miami, Charlotte, São Paulo, Dublin and Bengaluru.
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