New CEO and Chair for GBST
Publicly-listed financial services technology provider, GBST, has appointed a new chief executive, announcing today that InfoComp co-founder, Robert De Dominicis had been appointed to the role.
At the same time, the company said that another of its founders, chairman, John Puttick, would be retiring and that he would be succeeded by Allan Brackin, former chief executive of Volante Group.
Announcing the changes to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) today, Puttick said the appointment of De Dominicis had followed an extensive review of internal and external candidates in Australia and internationally.
He said De Dominicis would be based in the United Kingdom and would divide his time between Australia, the UK and Asia.
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