International Financial Data Services, a provider of outsourcing and technology solutions to the investment, retirement, insurance, and platform sector, has appointed Simon Moorhead as chief information officer of its global business.

International Financial Data Services, a provider of outsourcing and technology solutions to the investment, retirement, insurance, and platform sector, has appointed Simon Moorhead as chief information officer of its global business.

He will take on overall responsibility for the global strategic development of the firm’s technology infrastructure and operations across its locations in Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Europe; he will be based in the UK and join the IFDS board of directors, reporting to Simon Hudson-Lund, executive chairman.

Moorhead previously worked at the Bank of England, where he was chief information officer. During his time at the central bank, he led the IT programme that helped create the Prudential Regulation Authority in April last year. Previously, Moorhead worked at Reuters, the global news and information service, in a global IT role after more than a decade as a management consultant for Ernst & Young and Cap Gemini. He began his career at HSBC.