Trade Ledger has announced several new leadership appointments, as well as the formation of advisory board.

Having increased its customer base by a third this year already, the business lending-as-a-service platform expects to significantly increase its headcount this year as it drives further growth in Europe and Asia.

Paul Carmichael, previously head of sales in Asia Pacific for nCino and Avoka, joins to lead sales in in that region, while Bakhtier Pulatov, formerly head of new products at Finastra, joins as global head of product.

In addition, Roger Vincent, who was formerly general manager, has been appointed as managing director for the UK business.

Among the new advisory board members, Kurt Bilafer is a recognised sales leader in the SaaS industry and brings knowledge from his time at enterprises including Amazon Pay, where he was general manager of the Americas, and as chief revenue officer at Yapstone.

He is joined on the board by Chakib Bouhdary, a long time SAP veteran who was most recently the digital transformation officer.

Conrad Ford, former chief executive of Funding Options, also joins the board.

Commenting on his appointment, Ford said: “Trade Ledger is thriving in the face of adversity, which is testament to a compelling value proposition in a time of accelerating digitisation - I hope that my experience as an entrepreneur within the FinTech industry will provide the guidance Trade Ledger needs and help them to capitalise on the massive market opportunity for their solution.”

Martin McCann, chief executive and founder at Trade Ledger, concluded: “Our focus is to enable financial institutions to support small and mid-market businesses needing credit quickly.

"We have no doubt that with advisory board’s support and the appointment of our new senior team, we will continue to thrive and build ourselves into a truly international business."

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