ITRS Group plc, the leading global provider of predictive, real-time monitoring and proactive application performance management products to the world’s financial community, announced today the appointment of James Mills as managing director of ITRS Asia, based in Hong Kong.
Mills is a financial markets professional, with a particular focus on the electronic trading space. He brings to ITRS not only a wealth of expertise in marketing to clients across front and back offices, but also valuable experience of the region, having been based in Asia for the past 20 years.
Mills joins ITRS from Velsys where he was Head of Business Development – North East Asia. Prior to this he headed electronic trading within the financial markets divisions at RBS and Standard Chartered. He was a prime mover in the setting up, in Hong Kong, of FXall’s first Asian operation and then growing the business. His career began at Dow Jones Telerate.
James Mills said, “I am very excited at the prospect of joining ITRS Group. They have a very impressive record and an extremely viable growth strategy, which I look forward to implementing from my base in Hong Kong.”
Kevin Covington, CEO of ITRS Group, commented, “James has a huge amount of know-how in both the market-place and in Asia and I have no doubt his skills will greatly enhance ITRS’s ability to meet both new and current clients’ requirements.”