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Contemi Continues SE Asia Expansion; Appoints New Sales Director

Contemi Solutions, a leading technology provider to the global wealth management, insurance, banking and financial services community, today announced the appointment of Gaurav Mehta as the Director of Sales to continue the company’s rapid growth in the Southeast Asia region, which includes Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

Gaurav will be responsible for building out the Contemi business, brand and driving its go-to-market strategy and execution for the Southeast Asia region. He will be working with the product development, operations and marketing teams to enhance our offering in the region.

Gaurav brings with him more than 11 years' of experience working across a range of sectors and countries in Asia. His most significant experience lies in the financial services, technology and media sectors where his work included business development, strategy negotiation, business planning and sales.

He joins Contemi Solutions from a digital wealth management firm, where he served as the APAC business head, building a strong presence in the region and significantly impacting business revenues during his tenure. Uniquely, Gaurav supplements his technology experience with business domain having worked for an investment managemer in Singapore, growing the investment management software business in Asia.

Gaurav has extensive expertise in developing deep customer engagement with large global clients and securing strategic wins in highly competitive markets. Throughout his career, he has helped organizations address the challenges of servicing in a digital world by leveraging cloud scalability, achieving infrastructure and application resiliency, and adapting to the latest technology and compliance requirements.

Alexander Krefft, Acting Global CEO said, “Gaurav’s appointment comes at a time when the world around us is forced to adjust to remote workforce due to the COVID-19 crisis and the economic turmoil has seen the financial services industry depend more on digital solutions to meet client needs.

As the businesses move to a more distributed workforce, Contemi remains evermore committed to providing the financial services industry with the analytics, portals, technology and tools to meet their clients rapidly evolving investment and service needs.”

He added, “We’re delighted to welcome Gaurav to the Contemi team. His strategic thinking and industry experience will help us provide our customers in SE Asia with the forward-looking solutions needed to navigate today’s rapidly changing technology needs.”

Gaurav Mehta said: “I am excited to join Contemi at this very important juncture where we will be seeing the transformation of the global financial services industry. As new technologies evolve to enhance the way customers, insurance companies and brokers, wealth managers and financial advisors interact, we plan to be at the forefront of that change, and I am looking forward to growing the Contemi business in Asia, meeting the rapidly evolving digital needs of today and tomorrow.” 

Topics

  • Technology, general

Categories

  • asia
  • fintech
  • wealth management
  • new hire
  • financial service

Regions

  • Oslo

Contemi Solutions was founded in Norway and has been a technology provider for the financial industry since 2001. As Contemi entered “adulthood” at the age of 18, a new era was started with the acquisition of Contemi by Triple P Capital, an expert investor in financial services focusing on high-growth businesses that reach emerging consumers. Triple P saw the potential of Contemi, acquired the full company, and introduced Wealth Intelligence and Nova into the Contemi family, two companies with a strong software offering for respectively Wealth Management and Post-trade. Hence, the new Contemi Solutions is a strong global software provider with a broad FinTech offering for insurance, investment, asset & wealth management, banking and capital markets.  The company currently supports customer in 11 countries through a team of 250 employees spread across seven offices, including 4 developments centres, strategically positioned to ensure local support across global time zones.