About Us
Company History
2014-Ahead Consulting founded in Tokyo, Japan, to provide high quality IT services to the finance and insurance industries.
2015-Ahead Consulting expands with a regional office in Hong Kong to support regional clients.
2016-Ahead Consulting expands with a regional office in Singapore to support regional clients.
2017-Ahead Group Ltd. is established as the regional holding company for all Ahead subsidiaries. Ahead Staffing is established as an affiliate of Ahead Consulting to address the need for permanent recruitment and dispatch hiring in Japan.
2023-Ahead Systems is created as a specialized systems developer.
2024-Paradigm from Ahead Systems launches, bringing a user friendly and compliant paperless financial record system to SMEs through large Enterprise organizations.
CEO Edmund Gehringer
Ahead Group is guided by CEO and Regional Director Edmund Gehringer, whose career spans technology and finance across global markets. Born in Silicon Valley, Edmund’s passion for technology began early and evolved into a distinguished career that bridges IT innovation and enterprise strategy.
After earning a degree in Information Technology, Edmund started his career during the dot-com era, working with leading tech firms such as Hewlett Packard. In 2006, he transitioned to the finance sector, taking on project management roles at Merrill Lynch, Nikko Citi, Barclays Capital, and Morgan Stanley in Japan.
In 2008, Edmund co-founded ITCS Japan, delivering managed services to financial institutions. Building on this success, he founded Ahead Consulting in 2014, expanding the company into a multi-service group that now includes Ahead Staffing and Ahead Systems. Under his leadership, Ahead Group has grown across Asia, serving Fortune 500 companies and developing innovative solutions like Paradigm, a secure paperless system for enterprises.
Edmund’s vision continues to drive Ahead Group’s mission: to empower global enterprises with technology solutions that combine local expertise and international best practices.