RIMES appoints former Nasdaq CIO Anna Ewing as a non-exec director

By Megha Bhattacharya

RegTech solutions provider RIMES has announced the appointment of Anna Ewing to its board of directors as a non-executive director. The new non-executive director will be responsible for helping RIMES further expand its Managed Data Services and further build out its product roadmap for its proprietary and scalable technology and platform.

Anna commented, “RIMES is a successful, innovative and fast-growing global leader in Managed Data Services for financial institutions, so I am excited to join the RIMES Board as the company builds upon this success and invests in its next stage of development and product innovation.”

Anna was previously the CIO of Nasdaq, where she was responsible for driving the technology roadmap and integration process. She supports women entrepreneurs as a mentor and angel investor with Astia Angels; serves on the New York Hall of Science, Board of Trustees to support STEM education for K-12 students; and is a Board member of the NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center in San Francisco, to educate and support founders and entrepreneurs.

David Brierwood, Chairman of the RIMES Board follows with, “We are delighted Anna is joining the Board. Her expertise and professional achievements are extremely impressive and will be invaluable in helping us shape the next phase of growth at RIMES. Not only has she driven success in the companies she works with, she is also a champion for equal opportunities within industry. This is something very important to RIMES and we will be investing in promoting change towards a more diverse workforce in the finance and technology industries.”

Recently, RIMES announced the launch of the RIMES RegFocusSM BMR Dashboard, a solution to support asset managers in understanding their exposure under the EU Benchmarks Regulation (BMR). The company stated that the new BMR Dashboard will be accessible through the online platform and aims to utilise relationships with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), national regulators and benchmark administrators to track the index landscape and generate reports for firms’ compliance needs.