Financial services data and analytics business leader Mark Hepsworth has been appointed to the board of GRP as a Non-Executive Director, effective from the beginning of December.
Mr Hepsworth has over 25 years’ experience in financial services and is currently CEO of Asset Control (a leading provider of data management and analytics software solutions).
Mike Bruce, GRP CEO, said: “Mark brings with him a wealth of experience from his career at the forefront of the financial data and technology sectors.”
“Mark’s deep understanding of the data environment will significantly strengthen our Board, and his advice and support will prove highly valuable to GRP as we continue to execute our digital transformation.”
Mark Hepsworth said: “GRP has been one of the outstanding success stories in UK broking and I am delighted to be joining the Board.
“Mike and the team’s commitment to omni-channel distribution and leading-edge data analytics signals GRP’s intent to be at the forefront of change in the broking sector. I look forward to playing my part in helping them to realise their strategic ambitions in this space.”
About Mark Hepsworth
Mark has been CEO of Asset Control, a leading financial digital management solutions business, since 2016. He also acts as an advisor to a number of private equity houses in the US and Europe.
Prior to joining Asset Control, Mark held senior management positions with one of the world's largest market data vendors Interactive Data (now ICE Data Services), including serving as President of its global Pricing & Reference Data business in New York
Prior to Interactive Data Mark was Deputy Head of the Trading Systems division at ACT Financial Systems which is now MISYS.