Macrovue Founder takes on new role

AMP-backed fintech firm, Macrovue, has announced that its founder and chief executive officer, Sid Sahgal, will move into the newly-created role of chief operating officer, effective February 2018.

Replacing Sahgal as CEO is former Infocus Wealth Management MD and CEO, Rod Bristow.

Sahgal has almost 20 years' experience in finance and technology. He started his career at Honeywell Aerospace as a software engineer before moving to Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York as a quantitative analyst. Prior to founding Macrovue, he was a lecturer at UNSW while completing his PhD in Finance.

Commenting on the changes, Macrovue chair, Brendan Foley, said: "Sid and his team have done an incredible job in rapidly growing Macrovue in our three key target markets of SMSF trustees, retail investors, and financial advisers. We are embarking on an exciting growth phase of the business and are looking forward to benefiting from Rod's expertise to assist with the next stage of Macrovue's evolution."