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Genesis Global has announced a series of senior leadership appointments as the London and New York-based software firm looks to meet growing demand from financial institutions looking to move AI-assisted development from prototype to production.

David Perkins has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Sales & Strategic Growth, and will serve as Head of Sales, leading Genesis’ global commercial and strategic growth initiatives. The appointment is the headline move in a broader restructuring of the firm’s commercial, technology and delivery leadership.

Also promoted are Shahin Askari, who becomes Chief Technology Officer and retains his seat on the Executive Committee; and Michael Henson, elevated to Chief Delivery Officer and newly appointed to the Executive Committee, taking responsibility for delivery excellence, DevOps and client outcomes. Jay Taylerson has been named Executive Vice President, Engineering Excellence, overseeing standards, architecture and AI enablement, while Raminder Ahuja becomes Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for India, overseeing operations at the firm’s Bengaluru engineering centre.

CEO James Harrison said the appointments are designed to ensure AI advances translate into real business outcomes rather than prototypes. “Our role is ensuring those advances translate into production-ready systems,” he said.

President and Chief Product Officer Tej Sidhu added that generating code represents only a fraction of the challenge for financial institutions. “What ultimately matters is whether software can operate reliably in production,” Sidhu said.