Pico appoints Bo Zhou APAC Head

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 (Bernama) -- Pico, a global provider of mission-critical technology services, software, data and analytics for the financial markets community, has named Bo Zhou, PhD, as Head of Asia-Pacific (APAC) to oversee its continued growth in the region.

According to a statement, Zhou will drive Pico’s expansion efforts in APAC while overseeing all sales, operations and engineering throughout the region, in partnership with key global executives.

“Pico continues to increase its global footprint and has expanded into all the major APAC markets including Singapore, Japan, Greater China, South Korea, and Australia.

“I’m excited about this tremendous opportunity to help Pico’s global clients realise the benefits APAC’s emerging markets have to offer, in addition to offering APAC clients global connectivity through Pico’s network,” said Zhou.

Meanwhile, its chairman, founder and chief executive officer, Jarrod Yuster said the company has focused on building its leadership team with the most talented individuals in the industry as Pico continues to expand globally.

“Bo’s background in the APAC region, her experience growing businesses and her trading and markets expertise will help accelerate Pico’s growth in the APAC market,” he added.

Zhou has more than 15 years of financial markets industry experience and was most recently partner and senior managing director for IHS Markit (now S&P Global) where her team was responsible for significant growth throughout the region.

Prior to working for IHS Markit, she served in various leadership positions at Bloomberg, such as company director and regional business manager for its global fixed income and trading solutions in Hong Kong and New York.

-- BERNAMA