ICS Appoints Tom Cunningham as Managing Director, EMEA

ICS is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Cunningham as Managing Director, EMEA.

Tom joins ICS from Hargreaves Lansdown Fund Managers, where he served as Director of Investment Operations and Change, leading the investment operations and technology agenda for one of the UK's largest retail asset managers. In that role, he was a direct user of the ATHENA platform.

Before Hargreaves Lansdown, he held COO and CTO positions at major UK and global asset managers, led technology strategy at a global software firm, and served as a partner at a consultancy.

His decision to join ICS carries its own signal. Tom has operated at the senior end of investment operations leadership. He has seen what ATHENA delivers in a genuinely demanding production environment. And he has chosen to build his next chapter around it.

In this role, Tom will lead ICS's commercial and client operations across the UK and Europe, serving as the senior point of contact for EMEA clients and prospects, and working closely with the ICS Board and global leadership team to accelerate regional growth.

Christian Eriksen, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, ICS:

"Tom's appointment marks a new chapter for ICS in EMEA. He has operated at the highest level of investment operations leadership and brings that experience directly into our commercial team. The fact that he comes to us from inside one of our own clients, having seen ATHENA operate in a genuinely demanding environment, is a validation we could not manufacture. We are very glad to have him."

Tom Cunningham, Managing Director, EMEA:

"I’m thrilled to be joining ICS. It’s an exciting and dynamic business with a market-leading product that continues to make an impact in the financial services sector. In fact, it’s the only product I’ve deployed in my career that all business users not only liked but actively utilised.

“What’s also impressed me is the way the people behind the business bring their passion, knowledge and sense of pride into the workplace. It’s a culture that creates strong, effective partnerships with clients.

“Right now, ICS’s clients face a series of challenges – not just the current macroeconomic environment, but also the advent of new technologies including AI and the move to a more real-time operating environment across the regulated ecosystem. What that means for us is that our mission to provide solutions addressing core operating models is becoming ever more critical. We’re here to give our clients the flexibility they need alongside the scalability they depend upon.”

ICS works with a growing community of investment managers across the UK and Europe, including Hargreaves Lansdown, Veritas Asset Management, and Impax Asset Management. Tom's appointment marks the next stage: a dedicated regional leader with the operational depth, commercial experience, and market profile to match the scale of the opportunity.

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