IFDS snaps up GBST head of UK business

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GBST head of UK business Ian Wilkinson is joining technology provider International Financial Data Services (IFDS).

It is understood Wilkinson, who joined GBST in 2007, will take up a role as director of platform technology at IFDS. GBST chief executive Rob DeDominicis said Wilkinson had been a "valued member" of the GBST team. "Our management team is ready to ensure a smooth transition with no impact to our clients as we find and welcome Ian's successor," he said. "Our focus at GBST remains on providing leading-edge technologies to our clients, enabling them to get their propositions to the front of their markets quickly and keeping them there."

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