Rob Binns will join Misys as the company’s new CFO; he formerly served as the head of treasury and investor relations at Hewlett-Packard.

Misys CEO Nadeem Syed said that hiring Binns will help the company continue the “outstanding financial performance” that is central to its long-term strategy. “I am excited to welcome Rob on board at at time when we are looking to further accelerate our growth.”

Pictured (left to right): Misys Director of Innovation József Nyíri, and Senior Marketing Strategist Alex Kwiatkowski demonstrate FusionBanking Essence Digital at FinovateEurope 2015 in London.

“(Misys) is well placed to take pole position as the number-one provider of financial software,”added Binns. “(I am) looking forward to contributing to the next stage of Misys success.”

Binns joined HP in 2007 and served as VP of Software Field Operations and VP of Investor Relations before being named Vice President and CFO, HP Software in 2014. Binns won the Tech IR award from Institutional Investors Magazine in 2014 and 2015, and is a fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants in the UK.

A global banking solution provider, Misys announced in December that Habib Bank (HBL) in Pakistan will implement its FusionBanking Corporate Channels technology. This follows the company’s successful rollout of FusionBanking Essence Islamic in the summer of 2015. More recently, Misys unveiled FusionCapital, its capital markets trading platform in December. Last November, Misys earned recognition in the Readers’ Choice component of the 16th Annual Banking Technology 2015 Awards.

Founded in 1979 and headquartered in London, Misys demonstrated its FusionBanking Essence Digital platform at FinovateEurope 2015. The company won Best of Show at FinovateEurope 2014.