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SmartStream Takes Two for Northern Europe Sales

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SmartStream Technologies has expanded its Northern European pre-sales team with the appointment of two new business consultants. Adam Phillips and Max Illis will both report to Pasquale Gizzi, head of pre-sales for Northern Europe, and will focus on business development for SmartStream’s Transaction Lifecycle Management solution across Northern Europe.

Phillips has over 15 years experience within the financial services market, during which time he has held managerial positions across the front, middle and back offices with leading investment banking institutions, including Morgan Stanley and ING Barings. For the past two years, he has worked as a consultant.

Illis was most recently head of business development and settlement Services EMEA for Financial Technologies International, where he had also previously held the position of director, global product strategy.

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