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Software Group appoints Connor Hanan as new CEO

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Software Group has appointed Connor Hanan to the role of Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to his appointment, Hanan was the company’s Key Global Accounts Manager. He has had a successful career focused on financial services specific to affordable shelter in developing contexts. Within this sector he helped establish operations, Small Businesses and partnerships across roughly 35 markets in Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Hanan has over 11 years of experience with FSPs, client-focused product design, and market analysis, a seasoned professional in Investor/Client Relations, as a Program/Project manager, and as a Director of operations with a specific focus on strategic organizational development.

As the CEO of the region, he will oversee Africa’s operations and sales and manage the Kenya and Ghana teams of over 60 employees. Currently, Software Group works with more than 65 clients in Africa including banks, insurance companies, MFIs and Saccos. One of the main goals of the company would be to grow its team sustainably over the coming years as well as to analyze and identify new markets for expansion.

“The African financial ecosystem is a place of constant change; new frontiers of opportunity are being identified and rapidly accessed. It is no longer appropriate to think only of delivery channels for market penetration – one must be agile and strategic”, commented Hanan.

Software Group focuses on providing an Omni-Channel Digital Banking Platform, which not only gets products into the digital marketplace through cutting-edge channels but provides a strategic platform that allows for the innovation and agility required for a continuous competitive edge.

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The company’s vision is to position this platform, and services through it, as a key partner for the continuous digital improvement of its clients. Some of the major benefits of the solutions for the financial institutions include increased outreach, decreased cost through digitalisation and automation, quick time to market, more effective monitoring and security from fraud.

                                                                     

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