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Derek Smith

Chief Operating Officer at 4th-IR

Senior leader with extensive financial services experience through roles such as Head third-party risk management, Poland shared service center CEO, and Private Equity CFO and M&A. He has set up and run large multi-location teams across India, Poland,d and Switzerland, managing all operations and wind-downs. He is experienced in change management, technology, process implementation, and improvement via outsourcing, automation and innovation. Strong corporate governance experience, including entity formation and liquidation, and numerous board and risk committee leadership roles.

Currently the Head of SAP technology service delivery for CEE for SoftwareOne, and also supports an Innovation Services Centre in Accra Ghana, providing artificial intelligence and data science services. He is a co-founder and long-term board member of ABSL in Poland and was the chapter lead for Krakow, Switzerland, and the Financial Services club, and is now Managing Director for the newly founded ABSL Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He has a strong focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion and was the founder of the Women’s Business Network in Krakow. Has lived/worked in South Africa, Switzerland, Poland, India, and the UK.


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