Eze Castle Integration (ECI), a global managed service provider to the financial sector, has expanded its London team with the addition of Jamie Smith as Director of International Technology and Lee Robertson as Commercial Director.
Smith and Robertson bring a wealth of experience and expertise to ECI. Smith has over 15 years of IT experience specific to the hedge fund and alternative investment sector. Robertson brings over 20 years of knowledge in technology, including connectivity, communications and regulatory compliance surrounding these products.
“Eze Castle Integration is at an exciting time in its growth as we expand our cloud and cyber solutions portfolio and bring outstanding IT support services to firms around the globe. The professional history of Jamie and Lee combined with Eze Castle Integration’s award-winning offerings and long-standing history of servicing the financial sector, gives Eze Castle Integration and our clients a competitive edge,” says Dean Hill, Executive Director, Eze Castle Integration.
Smith most recently served as head of technology for a financial-focused managed service provider where he helped drive the company’s growth and expansion from three to 70 employees. Smith’s experience also includes six years on the technology team at global hedge fund and alternative asset manager, Och-Ziff Capital Management Group.
“I look forward to this new phase of my journey in technology with Eze Castle Integration and hope to use past experiences to help our clients continue to leverage IT to achieve their strategic goals,” says Smith.
Robertson previously acted as commercial director at mobile and fixed line provider, Adam Phones, where he was responsible for building a full suite of fixed and communications products for the financial services sector. The building of these products and services not only saw a significant growth in revenue but enabled the mobile vendor to grow their footprint and client base.
“Being in the communications and connectivity space serving financial services for as long as I have, I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside Eze Castle Integration as an industry partner. I’ve always admired Eze Castle Integration’s success in serving this unique sector and their growth into the leading global private and public cloud provider is something to applaud. I am very happy to come onboard and help broaden the portfolio further,” says Robertson, Commercial Director, Eze Castle Integration.
