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smartTrade Appoints Three New Managers to its Executive Leadership Team

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smartTrade, the provider of electronic trading solutions, has strengthened its Executive Leadership Team with the appointment of Carine Denis as Global Head of Business Operations, Renaud Kerspern as Chief Financial Officer and Elise van der Schans as Chief Human Resources Officer.

Denis joins from Finastra where her roles included those of Regional Operating Officer and Director of Business Operations for the COO. Kerspern is a 25-year veteran of capital markets and privately-backed SaaS businesses in the enterprise software arena. Van der Schans joins from software company Trace One, where she was Vice President, HR and MIS, in charge of Cloud, IT and HR. Prior to this she held senior roles at SunGard/FIS.

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