Mathew Lewis has joined Axiom, a technology-enabled legal services provider, as co-head of its global banking practice.
His role will involve developing innovative, technology-enabled responses to the complex and rapidly evolving regulatory and compliance landscape.
Lewis brings more than 15 years of experience with entrepreneurial, fast growing, and adaptive software and services-oriented businesses within the financial markets.
Axiom aims to leverage His experience specific to collateral and margin management, clearing and settlement services, know-your-customer and client onboarding, reference data, syndicated loans and trade processing.
Lewis, who was previously global head of client engagements and partnerships at Clarient Global, said: “Regulations and compliance mandates present a minefield of costs and obstacles to banks as they struggle to keep up with an ever changing landscape.”
“But it can also present significant opportunities for banks that embrace innovative responses to the new challenges.”
Sandy Devine, Axiom vice president, said: “Lewis’s expertise in the application of technology and big data to the banks’ regulatory and compliance challenges is a further complement to Axiom’s transformative and multi-disciplinary approach to the industry.”
