Apex Group has appointed Renaud Oury as group chief data officer and as a member of the executive committee.
Based in Luxembourg, Oury will be responsible for developing and managing an analytics strategy for the group and to leverage data and information to improve efficiencies, enhance client service and support the group’s future growth plans.
Prior to joining Apex, Oury was a member of IQ-EQ’s executive committee where he was responsible for sales and marketing.
Oury is also a member of the environmental, social and corporate governance committee of the Luxembourg Private Equity Association.
Peter Hughes, founder and CEO of Apex, commented: “We are thrilled to welcome Renaud Oury to the executive committee and look forward to working with him to ensure Apex leverages technology to stay innovative, agile and forward thinking.”
He added: “Oury will focus on integrating Apex’s data flows and enhancing data quality, while exploring opportunities to leverage the wealth of data we have as an asset that both delivers insights to benefit our clients and predicts the needs of the market.”
Commenting on his new role, Oury, said: “I am delighted to have been appointed group chief data officer, it is an incredibly exciting role with a clear opportunity to deliver insight to clients and the business.”
He added: “Apex has experienced transformational growth over the past 18 months and therefore my immediate priority will be coordinating the integration of data across the different entities.”
