Fintech Avaloq has appointed Imad Abou Haidar as head of Asia, effective October.

In this role he will report to Paco Hauser, global head of markets. Pascal Foehn will continue to support the Asian team in addition to his role as Avaloq’s group chief operating officer (COO), after leading the region on an interim basis since December 2018.

Mr Haidar joins from London-headquartered software firm Finastra, where he was managing director for the Asia-Pacific region based in Singapore. Prior to this he was head of business development, Asia, for French tech solutions firm Murex, and head of software sales and pre-sales, A...