Financial software provider SimCorp has appointed Rod Dew as sales executive, based in SimCorp's Asian headquarters in Sydney. Dew joined SimCorp from Distra, a company specialising in high-performance consumer payments infrastructure applications, where he held the position of sales and marketing director since January 2002. Prior to joining Distra, Dew worked with Reuters for seven years, initially for three years as a solutions sales manager with Reuters UK and for the ensuing four years as manager, Trading Systems with Reuters Australia. Dew also worked with Olivetti in the UK for six years, in network solution sales to the financial services industry and as business development manager for ATM self-service branch solutions.