First Derivatives plc announced the appointment of Alan Coad as Chief Revenue Officer for Kx, the Group's ultra-high-performance analytics software business. He will report directly to Seamus Keating, FD's Chief Executive Officer. In this role, Alan will have global responsibility for Kx sales with a focus on accelerating the expansion of the Kx streaming analytics platform into other industries, building on its strength in financial services. He brings a track record of growth and value creation at large, publicly-traded technology companies as well as early-stage, venture-backed businesses. Alan has been at the forefront of digital transformation and cloud journeys for many Fortune 500 companies, which is highly relevant to FD's growth ambitions. Alan joins FD from Google where he was Managing Director for Google Cloud in the UK and Ireland. Prior to this, he headed the EMEA region for Pivotal Software, a cloud native and data modernisation platform pioneer. In both roles, Alan was credited with building exceptional teams and a customer-centric sales culture. He also helped shape many important global client partnerships and delivered significant growth - evidenced by Pivotal's successful IPO in 2018 and subsequent acquisition by VMware.