He will be responsible for driving the company’s international expansion, product development, and Asia Pacific market growth.
Fintech software provider Backbase has appointed Iman Ghodosi as regional vice president for the Asia Pacific region, the company announced in a statement on Wednesday.
Ghodosi will lead the company's Asia Pacific expansion from Sydney, Australia. He brings a wealth of experience in the industry, joining from enterprise software company Zoura, where he was vice president and general manager for Asia Pacific. He previously held roles at organizations including SAP, Oracle, and Netsuite.
APAC Potential
In the announcement, Backbase noted the potential for the company to grow in Asia Pacific’s retail, SME, corporate and wealth management banking sector, citing reliance on legacy IT and broken point solutions that are prevalent.
It also highlighted changing consumer habits that among consumers who want a self-service experience with access to their personal financials, anytime, anywhere.
«Such consumer habits, compounded by the pandemic have disrupted the financial services industry and nowhere in the world do we see it more than in Asia Pacific,» Ghodosi said.
Growing Team
Netherlands-based Backbase opened its regional headquarters in Singapore in January 2020. In recent months, the company has scaled up international hiring, adding over 600 employees in the first two quarters of 2021, bringing its global team to almost 1,500 people spread across 22 countries and 15 offices.
The company said it will continue to ramp up investments in the next several months, hiring for key roles in ASEAN, ANZ, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and India
