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Media Release: iPartners Expands Operations With Key Appointments to iPlatforms Business

Posted on
2nd June 2022
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By Shannon Turnbull

Media Release: iPartners Expands Operations With Key Appointments to iPlatforms Business

James Land Newly Appointed CEO, iPlatforms (By Shannon Turnbull, 2nd June 2022)

iPartners Expands Operations With Key Appointments to iPlatforms Business

Now Australia’s largest online investment platform, iPartners is expanding its iPlatforms business announcing three key senior appointments.

iPartners, whose platform has raised more than $2 bn across a wide range of alternative asset classes, including private credit, asset backed debt and property has announced the appointment of James Land as CEO of iPlatforms, the market leading alternative investment platform for Fund and wealth managers.

James has more than 25 years’ experience in the Australian Financial Services Industry and has held executive positions at Westpac, Nomura, Thomson Reuters and Avaloq. Prior to joining iPlatforms, James was the Managing Director and Country Head of Avaloq Australia, where he was responsible for the transformation and growth of the local branch by collaborating with clients and the industry to deliver technology enabled solutions for the Australian market.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to lead the iPlatforms business with a primary focus on providing a cutting edge technology solution for fund managers and wealth managers to easily administer their alternatives portfolios" said James.

Additional senior hires who have recently joined iPlatforms include Jamie Griffiths, Director, Client Solutions and Chetan Sharma, Director, Platform Solutions.

Jamie has over a decade of experience working with leading fintechs and financial service providers across a range of European and Asia Pacific markets.  Jamie bridges the gap between business and technology, delivering innovative solutions that improve outcomes for investors.

Chetan has more than 17 years of domestic and international experience in technology and professional services and will focus on building a streamlined capability to implement, transition and support iPlatforms’ clients throughout their lifecycle.

iPartners Group CEO Travis Miller said, “We are thrilled to have James, Jamie and Chetan join to lead the iPlatforms business as we look to roll out a number of significant platform enhancements across the next few months”.