Butterworth joins Aspace from cryptographic security software firm nCipher, where he was worldwide product manager for e-payments products. Prior to this, he was manager of product marketing, EMEA, for Integrated Payment Solution products at VeriFone.

He was also involved in developing Eftpos, PoS and smart card applications for Midland Bank (now HSBC) where he managed a team responsible for adding smart card based security to its electronic banking system.

Aspace says in his new role, Butterworth will play a key role in positioning and developing its 4TRESS product suite.