Geneva, March 12th 2013 - SOFGEN Holdings Limited (SOFGEN), a worldwide provider of IT solutions for banks, announces the appointment of financial and sales professional Ralph Chicktong as Director of Business Development for the APAC region.

Based in Singapore, Chicktong brings with him 35+ years of international banking industry experience. He has held senior positions in treasury, international corporate and retail banking, in Asia, the Americas, Australia and Europe.

Chicktong joins SOFGEN from the alternate finance industry, where he has served for the past five years as Managing Director of an Asia-based firm engaged in hedge, real estate and private equity fund formation and administration. Prior to that, he held key sales leadership positions with Fidelity Information Services, and with the banking software vendor FNS.

“I am delighted to welcome Ralph to the SOFGEN family,” said Patrick Enjalbal, Managing Director SOFGEN APAC. “His broad experience, in sales leadership and in banking, positions him perfectly to build upon our long term presence within the region.”

Chicktong remarked, “SOFGEN has a reputation for best in class delivery in the banking IT industry. The company’s track record and product and service offerings will be the basis upon which we will be able to broaden our footprint in Asia and beyond.”

Re-disseminated by The Asian Banker