Management Team
Accessibility is a core function of our management team. All our senior managers have extensive industry knowledge, and this combined with the transparency of the organisational structure allows them to provide strong, cohesive leadership.
Andrew Walsh
Managing Director
Andrew took the role of Managing Director in October 2009, after seven years as General Manager of the IRESS Wealth Management division, overseeing the growth and direction of our wealth management business.
Andrew founded XPLAN Technology (XPLAN), and from 2003 managed the transition of XPLAN from an independent organisation to a fully integrated division of IRESS Market Technology.
Prior to IRESS, Andrew worked as an actuarial consultant with Mercer in the Superannuation and Risk, Finance & Insurance practice areas. Following this, he managed ongoing software development as Actuarial Development Manager at Vision FPS.
Stuart Bland
Chief Financial Officer
Stuart joined IRESS in 2001. Prior to this, he held a number senior management positions in a range of industries including telecommunications, biotechnology and the wine industry. These senior roles were commercial, financial and M&A focussed. Previous to this, Stuart worked at Coopers & Lybrand for nine years, primarily in their corporate advisory area.
Stuart is also IRESS’ Company Secretary.
David Walker
Chief Technical Officer
David worked for IRESS Market Technology between January 1995 and August 1996, developing the first release of the IRESS product. He briefly moved to Tracker Software in August 1996 where he worked on the redevelopment of its contract management software before returning to IRESS Market Technology in April 1997.
David's current role is Chief Technical Officer, where he is responsible for the management of the software development team, network and systems architecture groups. He plays a key role in the design and continued evolution of IRESS Market Technology's software architecture and technical direction.
Kirsty Gross
General Manager, Product, Sales and Marketing
Kirsty has over fifteen years experience in the information vending industry, including roles with Equinet, Knight Ridder Financial Inc. and IRESS Market Technology. Prior to this, she worked in broking at McIntosh Securities. Kirsty has extensive knowledge of the broking industry and the equities and derivatives markets. Kirsty is responsible for the Product and Account Management teams, and ultimately all client relationships. She is also a specialist in the IRESS trading systems. Kirsty has been involved from the preliminary stages in the marketing and support of IOS.
Adam Rudy
General Manager Operations
Adam joined IRESS Market Technology in 1996. Prior to this, Adam held various IT roles. Adam’s current role as General Manager – Operations encompasses three departments; Help Desk, Market Data (Database) and Operations. The Operations department is responsible for all aspects of the production and development networks.
Adam is also ultimately responsible for customer satisfaction in terms of the timeliness of market data, speed of the trading products and the amount of uptime of server services.
Jim Davies
President & Chief Operating Officer (Canada)
Jim has over 25 years’ experience in the financial information and IT services markets. He has several executive positions with North America’s leading news and information service providers.
Prior to joining IRESS Canada, Jim was Managing Director of Reuters Canada. Before Reuters, he served as President and COO of Kasten Chase Applied Research. From 1996 to 2000, he was employed by Standard and Poor's in New York and held the positions of Executive Managing Director, Capital Market Services, and President and CEO of the JJ Kenny Company. From 1983 to 1996, Mr. Davies held various senior positions with Dow Jones Telerate.