Defaqto, the independent financial research company, has appointed a new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
Asitha Rodrigo joins the company after leaving Standard and Poor’s, where he was Senior Director for EMA Systems for over four years.
Rodrigo joins the team at Defaqto with over 15 years experience in technology and change leadership across the financial services, media and e-Commerce sectors, having held senior technology-related roles at Deloitte, Morningstar and Money Marketing.
In particular, Asitha has extensive experience of technology strategy and transformational change in fast moving financial markets, as well as working in a global multi-platform environment.
Developing software tools to enable the multi-channel distribution of product data and research to the financial service industry is a core element of Defaqto’s operation, and Asitha has joined Defaqto to lead this area of the business.
“I am delighted that Asitha has joined Defaqto as Chief Technology Officer,” CEO Kenn Herskind said.
“Independent financial research goes hand in hand with modern interfaces and research tools. This appointment of a CTO with considerable sector experience signifies our commitment to delivering a second-to-none online customer service. Watch this space.”
Asitha added, “I am extremely excited to be joining Defaqto which is the UK’s leading independent financial research and software company. Defaqto is an energetic, ambitious company with an impressive roster of talent.
“Software development is core to the business and I am looking forward to driving forward the company’s plans for developing leading-edge tools to deliver product data and research to our broad customer base.
“I look forward to being part of the company’s future growth and developing many of the team’s ideas.”
