Following the successful launch of its Next Gen platform, and with market adoption now proceeding, Placing Platform Limited (PPL) has announced the restructure of its senior management team to support the market’s digital journey.
PPL has set out its strategy for the years ahead, with a very strong focus on headless (API) operation, Blueprint 2 integration, and Data First trading.
As it moves into implementation mode, the company stated, PPL has completed a restructure, designed to ensure that the business is configured correctly to meet its long-term strategy.
Colin O’Malley has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. He will be responsible for operations, market engagement and adoption, training, service delivery, and customer satisfaction.
Amit Arora was appointed Chief Commercial Officer and will be responsible for finance, legal, sourcing, procurement, risk, and governance.
Tanya Duckworth became Director of Channels and Partnerships. In this role. She will be responsible for the PPL partnership strategy, integrated planning with vendors and market firms, and PPL’s early adopter programmes.
Andy Woolley was named Director of Product & Placement and will be responsible for ensuring that PPL’s product set delivers the optimal business functionality for the market.
Joe Gordon, CEO of Placing Platform Limited said: “We decided to reconfigure our senior management team to ensure that we have the right focus to deliver on our Digital agenda.
“There is considerable work for us to do, but with the launch and market adoption of Next Gen soon to be behind us, it is time to pivot to accelerating achievement of APIs, CDR integration, and Data First Trading.
“Congratulations to the team on their well-deserved appointments, which come on the back of the huge amount of work that they have delivered to get us to this exciting point in our evolution.”
In addition, PPL will begin recruiting for two new roles, Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Head of Brand & Communications.
As CIA, the new hire will be responsible for PPL’s technology platform and data platform. Additionally, the CIO will have oversight of the transformation agenda, project delivery, and the engagement with delivery partners.
The Head of Brand & Communications will be responsible for public relations, strategic communications, and oversight of marketing activities.
