RIMES appoints Justin Brickwood as Head of Benchmark Data Services

By Joy Dumasia

RIMES announced the appointment of Justin Brickwood as Head of Benchmark Data Services. In this role, Justin will be accountable for product innovation and transformation, further demonstrating the company’s commitment to bringing highly innovative solutions to its clients. Based in London, Justin will join the Executive Committee and report to Brad Hunt, CEO of RIMES.

Before joining RIMES, Justin was the Head of Corporate and Investment Bank Innovation at Barclays. He led and oversaw multiple successful initiatives spanning machine learning, API strategy, and business digitisation. Before Barclays, Justin spent 23 years at Goldman Sachs working across multiple asset classes and regions, effectively bridging business and technology. He most recently led the European equities Electronic Trading engineering team, where he worked with sales and clients to deliver new products and drive execution quality.

Brad Hunt, CEO of RIMES, said: “I’m excited Justin is joining the team at this pivotal stage in our growth. RIMES’ Benchmark Data Service is the best-in-class solution in the industry, and Justin’s extensive experience and engineering mindset will help us continue to innovate, collaborate and deliver the high-quality solutions our clients expect.”

Justin Brickwood, Head of Benchmark Data Services, said: “I’m thrilled to be joining RIMES and am looking forward to building on their existing momentum to deliver the next generation data and ESG solutions for our clients, as well as collaborating with Brad and the leadership team.”

IBS Intelligence reported that RIMES, the global strategic data partner for asset managers, asset owners and service providers, announced its intention to acquire Matrix IDM, an Australia-based investment data management platform, for an undisclosed sum.