ENVESTNET | YODLEE EXPANDS ITS OPEN BANKING EXPERTISE
Dr John Harrison appointed Head of Open Banking for Australia and New Zealand.
SYDNEY, Australia, 6 October 2022 – Envestnet® | Yodlee® – a leading data aggregation and analytics platform for financial services - has appointed data and analytics expert, Dr John Harrison, to the newly created role of Head of Open Banking for Australia and New Zealand.
Harrison joins Envestnet | Yodlee from global open banking platform True Layer, where he was a product manager overseeing their data products in Australia. In addition, he previously served as a data scientist and open banking product owner at Westpac.
In his new role at Envestnet | Yodlee, Harrison will be responsible for leading the organisation’s open banking strategy across Australia and New Zealand. Harrison will take charge in leading the Australian product capability, whilst supporting commercial, product and engineering teams and working with clients to help them provide new and better experiences with the Consumer Data Right.
Timothy Poskitt, ANZ Country Manager at Envestnet | Yodlee, is excited to have Harrison join the team as it expands its footprint and expertise across the region.
“This is a fantastic appointment both for John and our business and the new role reinforces our commitment to open banking within both the Australia and New Zealand markets. Open banking provides Australians and Kiwis with access to a more vibrant, competitive financial ecosystem.
“John’s technical experience will be invaluable, and I look forward to seeing him work closely with both existing and new customers in driving innovative open banking solutions, all built on secure, open data,” says Poskitt.
Harrison holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Newcastle and has since provided industry-based guidance to the direction of the University’s Mathematics and Data Science programmes.
About Envestnet | Yodlee
Envestnet refers to the family of operating subsidiaries of the public holding company, Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE: ENV). Envestnet is Fully Vested™ in empowering advisors and financial service providers with innovative technology, solutions, and intelligence to help make financial wellness a reality for their clients through an intelligently connected financial life. More than 106,000 advisors and over 6,500 companies—including 16 of the 20 largest U.S. banks, 47 of the 50 largest wealth management and brokerage firms, over 500 of the largest RIAs, and hundreds of FinTech companies—leverage Envestnet technology and services that help drive better outcomes for enterprises, advisors, and their clients.
For more information on Envestnet | Yodlee, please visit www.yodlee.com, subscribe to our blog, and follow us on Twitter (@Yodlee) and LinkedIn.