London, UK, [17th July 2025] – Gresham, a global leader in enterprise data automation solutions for the financial services industry, today announced the appointment of Hayley Zhu as Sales Director for Asia-Pacific. Hayley will lead the company’s go-to-market strategy across the region, strengthening Gresham’s position as a trusted partner to financial institutions navigating complex data, regulatory, and operational challenges.
Hayley brings over 20 years of experience across the region, with more than 15 years focused on FinTech. Her background spans buy- and sell-side platforms, enterprise data, and regulatory technologies, with a track record of helping institutions modernise their operations and deliver measurable outcomes.
The appointment comes at a pivotal time for the industry. Across APAC, financial institutions are contending with rising regulatory demands, an uncertain trading environment, and subdued domestic consumption. Deeper regional integration, the emergence of new asset classes, and fiscal consolidation policies continue to drive change in the market. In the face of change, firms are held back by legacy technology constraints and under pressure to drive operational efficiency and improve agility.
Many organisations continue to operate with outdated data management infrastructure that limits scalability, innovation, and constrains their ability to adopt AI and cloud technologies seen as critical to long term competitiveness. Regulatory frameworks such as MAS 610/1003, APRA CPS 230 / CPS 235 are accelerating the shift toward robust data governance and end-to-end control, setting higher standards for transparency and resilience. At the same time, skills shortage in the financial data domain is driving up costs, making manual, labour-intensive approaches to data management unsustainable.
Gresham is uniquely positioned to solve these challenges. With a strong client base in the region, including Standard Chartered, Green Link Digital Bank, ANZ and Treasury Corporation of Victoria, and proven solutions such as Prime EDM and Control Cloud, the company provides modern enterprise data management and automation solutions tailored to specific segment needs across banking, investment management, wealth and insurance. Gresham enables firms to manage complex reconciliations, controls, and data quality challenges at scale, empowering operational resilience and business agility.
“I’m honoured to join Gresham at this transformative juncture for the region,” Hayley commented. “As institutions generate and consume increasingly complex datasets, they require real-time control, transparency, and trust in their operations. Gresham’s ability to process any data, in any format, across the full operational lifecycle is a true differentiator. With a strong regional footprint in markets like Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan, we’re well positioned to deepen existing partnerships and expand into new sectors where demand for data integrity is growing.”
Ian Manocha, CEO, added: “Asia Pacific is a strategic growth market for Gresham, and Hayley’s appointment reflects our continued investment and ambition in the region. As firms across APAC face mounting regulatory pressures, market volatility and the need to modernise legacy systems, her deep expertise makes her ideally suited to lead our next phase of growth and client engagement.”
About Gresham
Gresham is a global leader in enterprise data automation solutions for the financial services industry. Leveraging innovative modern technology and deep industry expertise, we make the complex simple, enabling firms to streamline their processes, manage risk, reduce costs, and ensure compliance.
As a trusted partner to the world’s leading financial institutions, our cloud and managed services for enterprise data management, data automation, reconciliation and control, and regulatory reporting ensure that business leaders can have complete confidence in their data and day-to-day operations