Schwartz Communications David Bowker or Dave McKee, 781-684-0770 aveksa@schwartz-pr.com Aveksa, Inc. (www.aveksa.com), the market-leading provider of enterprise access governance solutions, today announced the opening of its EMEA headquarters in London. Building on its success in the U.S. market, Aveksa chose this location to address increasing demand for its access governance solutions in EMEA.

(Europe, the Middle East and Africa). Aveksa has selected Brent Thurrell as its managing director of EMEA sales to lead the company's market expansion efforts in the region. In addition, Aveksa announced the signing of a premier European financial services company as a customer for the Aveksa Access Governance Platform.

"Aveksa is the leader in enterprise access governance solutions, and the company is solving pressing risk and compliance issues that affect businesses worldwide," said Thurrell. "I am eager to build upon Aveksa's rising momentum in EMEA and look forward to helping the company continue the impressive growth that it has achieved in such a short amount of time."

Thurrell will be responsible for managing Aveksa's sales and business development endeavors in EMEA. He brings over 10 years of experience in the IT software, hardware and professional services in the U.K. This includes five years of sales and business development experience in the identity and access management industry at enterprise role management technology provider Vaau, as well as identity management consultant Enline, PLC. Thurrell has also held the position of sales manager at both Capita, PLC and Xerox (U.K.) Ltd.

The opening of the London office and hiring of Thurrell coincide with a significant customer win for Aveksa in the EMEA region. A leading global investment financial services organization headquartered in Europe has chosen Aveksa's 3.5 Enterprise Access Governance Platform, including both the Aveksa Compliance Manager, which automates the monitoring, reporting, certification and remediation of user entitlements, and the Aveksa Role Manager, which enables role discovery, modeling and maintenance, across its entire IT enterprise network.

Due to compliance regulations and risks associated with providing users access to critical information resources, highly regulated industries such as financial services, as well as healthcare and retail organizations, have demonstrated a strong demand for Aveksa's access governance technology. Aveksa will continue to provide organizations across all industries with the appropriate solutions to meet their access risk and compliance management needs as the company continues to expand its global footprint.

"Companies worldwide are struggling with the challenges associated with governing access to information resources in a constantly shifting business and regulatory environment, and they are demanding comprehensive solutions to address their access risk and compliance management needs," said Patrick Welch, vice president of sales at Aveksa. "The establishment of an EMEA headquarters and appointment of an industry specialist like Brent demonstrate Aveksa's growing international momentum and our commitment to increasing sales and support through a local presence in the region. The demand for automated access governance solutions has never been more evident and Aveksa is well-positioned to meet that demand."

Aveksa's new office will be located at 212 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HF and can be contacted directly at +44 (0)207 917 9466.