The move is the latest in a series of strategic initiatives aimed at strengthening ANALEC's presence in the North American market.

ANALEC is a leading financial technology company providing a comprehensive suite of  products for the buy- and sell-side enhancing transparency, efficiency and increased productivity within the investment research and client servicing functions. The firm has clients in the US, Europe and Asian markets and is now focused on further driving business growth in the US. The appointment of Eichorn is a key step in this direction.

Eichorn brings a breadth and depth of experience and expertise to the role having started her career on Wall Street as a sell-side analyst, followed by senior roles at NASDAQ, Bear, Stearns, CBOE Stock Exchange and most recently, SpeedRoute Execution Services. At ANALEC, she is heading all business development, sales, and marketing programs in North America to firmly establish ANALEC as a leader in the provision of financial software solutions for the investment research and client servicing function within broker-dealers.

ANALEC CEO Indy Sarker said: "The confidence our global clients have placed in ANALEC proves the value of our offerings.  Nancy brings a wealth of knowledge, established relationships within buy side and sell-side organizations, and a track record of success in building a business. We at ANALEC look forward to working closely with Nancy to ensure our success in North America."

Said Nancy Eichorn, Director of Business Development (North America): "ANALEC recognizes the opportunities associated with this expansion and the cost and productivity challenges faced by our target firms today. ANALEC's range of technology solutions deliver equivalent productivity and value-add to today's investment research operations while vastly enriching the client servicing experience and its management. I look forward to building ANALEC in the North American market place and providing the industry with an alternative approach to creating quality research while improving research productivity and empowering effective decision-making at the management level of our client organizations."

ANALEC's portfolio of financial software solutions and platforms include ResearchWise, a complete investment research solution enabling management and automation of the research process and intelligent content distribution across multiple channels; ClientManager, a client management platform specifically geared to the challenges of the full service broker-dealer industry with advanced client engagement functionality; and ModelViewer, which delivers ready-to-use and manipulate financial forecast models on the desktop of analysts and money managers to feed their investment thesis and decision-making process.