It was announced this week that Irish award-winning ‘Deloitte FinTech Company of the Year’, Global Shares, has officialy opened its new Hong Kong office. The office was opened by Mr. Michael D'Arcy, Ireland’s Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for Financial Services.
Global Shares is a global provider of equity compensation software solutions. The new Hong Kong office is the company's first base in Asia, bringing to 10 the total number of Global Shares' offices around the world including New York, Dublin, Cork, London, Edinburgh, Lisbon & Munich.
Global Shares new Asia-based team of three staff members will grow to ten staff within the next six months. The expansion comes on the back of significant growth in Global Shares’ client base since the launch of its software platform in 2015, increasing from 150 to 250 clients from 25 countries with participants in over 100 countries worldwide.
During this time, Global Shares has signed contracts with 8 FTSE 100 companies and its client listing includes GSK, Skanska, Sage, UniCredit, Generali, Cargill, Noble Group, Giosis PTE Ltd and others.
Speaking at the announcement in Hong Kong today, Irish Minister of State for Financial Services Michael D’Arcy TD, said: "Global Shares is a great example of Enterprise Ireland’s policy of strategic investment, and today’s announcement illustrates how an Irish company can compete and succeed on the global stage. It is wonderful to see the continued progress Global Shares is making and I look forward to watching closely as its exciting story unfolds."
Source: www.businesssworld.ie
