2 Mar 2022 07:00
2nd March 2022
GLANTUS HOLDINGS PLC
("Glantus" or the "Company")
Glantus appoints Diane Gray-Smith as Chief Corporate Growth Officer (CGO)
Summary
Glantus, the provider of Accounts Payable automation and analytics solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Diane Gray-Smith as Chief Corporate Growth Officer, with immediate effect. Diane joined the Board at IPO in May 2021 as a Non-Executive Director and has worked closely with the executive team since then. In her new role as Executive Director she will be active across the strategic growth of the business with a focus on the fintech space.
Highlights
- AIM-listed Glantus continues to expand its strategic leadership team by appointing Diane Gray-Smith into the newly created Chief Corporate Growth Officer role.
- A senior finance professional, Diane has a formidable track record in the global fintech space - blockchain, AI, big data, and digitisation - with a strong background in successfully leading the expansion and acceleration of growth companies.
- Tasked with continuing the Dublin headquartered company's recent growth, Diane will report to the Glantus CEO Maurice Healy.
About Diane Gray-Smith
Diane has spent the past 8 years in growth companies in the fintech sector. She was a founding partner of Public Mint Inc., a start-up that built the first fiat native blockchain, and prior to that was global CFO for Uphold Inc., a next-generation technology-led trading platform.
Diane has also spent more than 13 years advising boards and leading finance functions through periods of great change - whether at start-ups, fast-growth concerns, through mergers & acquisitions, fundraising or company restructures.
Glantus CEO Maurice Healy commented: "Diane brings a tremendous experience set that syncs perfectly with where Glantus is and what we want to achieve in the near future. Her career in driving strategic growth in one of the fastest moving, ever changing sectors in tech speaks for itself. We've benefited from her expertise as a Non-Executive Director, and will now further benefit from Diane taking this role within our leadership and culture.
Diane Gray-Smith commented on her appointment: "The coming years will present the AP and wider payments space with a new set of challenges as old service models expire. The Glantus platform is perfectly positioned to convert these issues into innovation for our clients and growth for our company. I look forward to working with Maurice, the leadership team and the wider group to realise the potential in our thinking and technologies."
With Diane stepping into an executive role, the Company have commenced a search for a replacement Independent Non-Executive Director. Diane has stepped down as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, and as member of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee, with immediate effect. Tom Price, as Independent Non-Executive Director, will take on the Chair position for the Audit & Risk Committee.
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Maurice Healy, CEO
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Editor Notes:
Glantus (AIM:GLAN) is a global provider of Accounts Payable automation and analytics solutions. Our mission is to simplify data to drive constant innovation. The award-winning Glantus Data Platform provides an end-to-end AP solution that layers onto existing systems eliminating cost and delivering new revenue streams. Glantus has over three hundred customers across more than fifty countries, including Fortune 500 brands and large multi-nationals.