Frankfurt
am Main & London
LPA Group,
the capital market technology and innovation leader, today announced that Mark
Reeves will join the firm as a senior advisor.
Mark
will be based in London and his focus will be to accelerate growth in LPA’s
American and British software and consulting businesses, building on the firm’s
strong client base in continental Europe. He will help develop new solutions
for the complex capital markets environments, market infrastructure providers
and the wider financial sector while building out a team inside LPA.
Mark
has more than 30 years in the financial industry, including senior roles at the
National Westminster Bank, Deloitte, TCA Consulting, City Practitioners and
Capco.
Commenting
on his appointment, Mark Reeves said: “Consulting is very much about
culture and style. It’s important that a consultant is matched to a company
that is closely aligned to their values. I’ve found a really positive ethos at
LPA, which is why I believe this will be a beneficial relationship. I look
forward to working in this progressive culture focused on assisting clients and
helping to improve performance. I believe LPA has much to offer the market and
more importantly to its clients and stakeholders.”
Peter
Schurau, CEO at LPA commented: “Introducing
new software systems into banks of any size is a complex role. There are a vast
number of internal stakeholders, departments and executives who hold both
approval and veto power over decisions. That’s where Mark will add value to
LPA. His expertise in communicating across functions and clearly articulating the
value of change throughout large organizations will open up new opportunities
to fully demonstrate LPA’s value to financial institutions seeking to be more
agile and client focused.”
About
the LPA Group
LPA
is one of the world’s leading developers and consultants for technology-based
capital market solutions (CapTech) for banks, insurance companies and fund
providers. The core business of the multi-award-winning group is Capmatix, a software
framework to automate workflows and documentation for financial instruments,
structured products and OTC derivatives. LPA helps financial services companies
in their capital market activities with; digital transformation, lowering the
fixed cost base and automating their necessary advisory and regulatory
documentation processes, thereby increasing efficiency, competitiveness and maintaining
full compliance. In addition to Capmatix, other solutions include; Modelity
(document generation and pricing calculations), acarda (regulatory reporting),
Captano (FX, FI and MM Trading Platform) plus full consulting support and other
AI driven solutions. LPA global coverage
is managed from its headquarters in Frankfurt and at twelve other international
locations including Tel Aviv, London, Zürich, New York, Paris, Barcelona,
Luxemburg and Singapore, over 400 technology and capital market experts are employed
by LPA supporting a portfolio of international clients.