Gresham Fosters APAC Growth Recruiting Hayley Zhu as Regional Sales Director

Gresham Hayley Zhu appointment reinforces the company’s strategy to lead enterprise data automation in Asia-Pacific. Gresham has named Hayley Zhu as Sales Director for the region, where she will steer go-to-market efforts and support financial institutions managing regulatory and operational data challenges.

Hayley brings over 20 years of experience across the region, with more than 15 years focused on FinTech. Her background spans buy- and sell-side platforms, enterprise data, and regulatory technologies, with a track record of helping institutions modernise their operations and deliver measurable outcomes.

The appointment comes at a pivotal time for the industry. Across APAC, financial institutions are contending with rising regulatory demands, an uncertain trading environment, and subdued domestic consumption. Deeper regional integration, emergence of new asset classes, and fiscal consolidation policies continue to drive change in the market. In the face of change, firms are held back by legacy technology constraints and under pressure to drive operational efficiency and improve agility.

Many organisations continue to operate with outdated data management infrastructure that limits scalability, innovation, and constrains their ability to adopt AI and cloud technologies seen as critical to long term competitiveness. Regulatory frameworks such as MAS 610/1003, APRA CPS 230 / CPS 235 are accelerating the shift toward robust data governance and end-to-end control, setting higher standards for transparency and resilience. At the same time, skills shortage in the financial data domain is driving up costs, making manual, labour-intensive approaches to data management unsustainable.

Gresham is uniquely positioned to solve these challenges. With a strong client base in the region, including Standard Chartered, Green Link Digital Bank, ANZ and Treasury Corporation of Victoria, and proven solutions such as Prime EDM and Control Cloud, the company provides modern enterprise data management and automation solutions tailored to specific segment needs across banking, investment management, wealth and insurance. Gresham enables firms to manage complex reconciliations, controls, and data quality challenges at scale—empowering operational resilience and business agility.

“I’m honoured to join Gresham at this transformative juncture for the region,” Hayley commented. “As institutions generate and consume increasingly complex datasets, they require real-time control, transparency, and trust in their operations. Gresham’s ability to process any data, in any format, across the full operational lifecycle is a true differentiator. With a strong regional footprint in markets like Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan, we’re well positioned to deepen existing partnerships and expand into new sectors where demand for data integrity is growing.”

Ian Manocha, CEO, added: “Asia Pacific is a strategic growth market for Gresham, and Hayley’s appointment reflects our continued investment and ambition in the region. As firms across APAC face mounting regulatory pressures, market volatility and the need to modernise legacy systems, her deep expertise makes her ideally suited to lead our next phase of growth and client engagement.”

With the Gresham Hayley Zhu APAC leadership now in place, the firm strengthens its position as a key data automation provider across complex, regulated environments in Asia-Pacific.