Lalit Nathwani has extensive experience in the financial industry, helping clients implement solutions which deliver business value. "I am delighted to be joining the highly experienced and client centric team at smartTrade." said Lalit. "The company is well positioned to meet the ever growing requirements for hosted and non-hosted, cross asset trading applications, allowing financial organisations to concentrate on their competitive differentiators, whilst reducing costs."

Before joining smartTrade, Lalit Nathwani was Global Sales Director for the Ultra Messaging Business Unit of Informatica Corporation. He spent over five years with Informatica and 29West building the high speed messaging business in Capital Markets. Prior to his role at Informatica, Lalit built up a network of partners and clients in the EMEA region for many organisations, such as Springsource (now part of EMC).

With a BSc in computer science, Lalit Nathwani has solid technical expertise, enabling him to understand and help clients with pressing challenges. He began his career as an apprentice in Electronics and Telecommunications for Marconi Instruments and worked with companies such as Hewlett Packard (Digital Equipment), Novell, Unisys, SEEC and Nortel Networks. He also served in technical sales and business development at IONA Technologies and Persistence Software (now Progress Software).

David Vincent, Chief Executive Officer of smartTrade, said "We are pleased to have Lalit join the team. Lalit has an in-depth understanding of customer needs and a solid technological background, which is key for dealing with the complex projects our clients have. Like all of us at smartTrade, he is customer centric and has an excellent track record of developing client projects."