Marsa, Malta - July 14, 2015, Marsa, Malta - AAT Research has announced the appointment of Peter O’Connor as chairman, Peter J.L. Griffiths as vice-chairman and director, and Simon Trevisan as director.
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Mr. O'Connor, MA (Trinity College, Dublin), Barrister-at Law, is an experienced global and regional asset allocation and manager selection adviser for financial institutions, family offices and charities. Mr. O'Connor was Chairman of a number of publicly quoted investment companies with particular exposure in Asia.
Mr. O'Connor was the Co-Founder and Deputy Chairman of IMS Management Ltd and FundQuest UK Ltd from 1998 to 2008. He has been Non Executive Director at Northern Star Resources Limited since May 21, 2012.
Mr. O'Connor served a number of senior public company directorships, including some listed in the UK, Canada and Australia in the following sectors: Material engineering (NEO Material Technologies Inc TSX Listed), emerging economies (Advance Developing Markets Fund - LSE Listed), palm oil (Anglo-Eastern Plantations plc LSE Listed), mining exploration (Brazilian Metals Group Ltd ASX).
Mr. Griffiths, B.Sc. (Hons), has more than 20 years of leadership experience in the software industry.
As EVP and Group Executive at CA Technologies, he was responsible for investment and strategy across the five business units. As a member of the company's Executive Management Team, Mr Griffiths also oversaw all aspects of Operations, M&A activity, Industry Solutions, and the CA Technologies Innovation Center.
Before CA Technologies, Mr. Griffiths was Vice President, WW Business Analytics and Applications for IBM. Prior to IBM, he served on the executive team at Cognos where he was SVP of Products over the company’s 10-year growth phase to $1B in revenue and the subsequent sale of Cognos to IBM in 2008.
Mr Griffiths joined Cognos in 1998 upon its acquisition of Relational Matters PLC where he was co-founder and CEO. He has also held positions in management consulting and in the financial services industry.
Mr Griffiths is a member of the Board of Directors of Lavastorm Analytics and the Board of Trustees of the Anita Borg Institute and also acts as an Investment Board Advisor to Ottawa-based Mistral Ventures and New York-based Bridge Growth Capital. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering with 1st Class Honors from Brighton University in England.
Mr. Trevisan is the managing director of the Transcontinental Group including TRG Properties.
Mr. Trevisan has a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Australia and a Master’s Degree in Business and Technology from the University of New South Wales. He initially practiced as a solicitor with Allens Arthur Robinson Legal Group firm, Parker and Parker, in the corporate and natural resources divisions. ■