SmartCo appoints new Head of Sales for the UK and Northern Europe

Archer, whose career spans 10 years in the financial markets software industry, will bring his large experience to SmartCo. Before joining SmartCo, he was responsible for Nordic countries Business Development at Murex, leading trade and risk management software provider. Prior to this, he worked for Reuters as consultant and then Product Manager in the Trade and Risk Management division.

Archer will be responsible for defining and executing the SmartCo sales strategy and will drive business growth in the region. Reporting directly to Pascal Mougin, founder and CEO, he will join the SmartCo executive team.

“We are very pleased to have Patrick joining us”, said Mougin. “Financial institutions are struggling with increasing amount of data to process and Smartco enterprise data management solutions will allow our clients to improve their reference data quality and make business-critical decisions with confidence. With the growing demands for data quality and its continual availability we are seeing large growth opportunities in this region and I am confident that Smartco will benefit from Patrick’s significant expertise and experience.”