KWI builds product development team

London-based KWI, a supplier of trading and risk management systems for the energy markets, has made two new appointments to enhance its product development team and to increase the functionality of its flagship product, kW3000.

Aviv Handler joins KWI from SunGard as vice-president of product strategy. He will ensure existing clients' needs are incorporated into kW3000, KWI’s integrated front-, middle- and back-office risk management platform, and identify new markets for the service.

As a former director of standards and integration activities at SunGard Trading and Risk Systems, Handler was involved with the creation of Panorama, the firm's enterprise risk management system. He then spent a short spell at CreditTrade.

Glenn Bishop also joins KWI as vice-president of development. He will focus on core product development and client engineering, working alongside Handler. Bishop previously worked at Riversoft, the San Francisco-based internet protocol network management firm.

KWI named founding director, Richard Hooke, chief technology officer. Hooke was previously chief operating director, and headed product development and implementation.