{"id":16185,"date":"2022-04-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.board.com\/board-international-appoints-paul-smith-chief-financial-officer\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T08:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T08:31:48","slug":"board-international-appoints-paul-smith-chief-financial-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.board.com\/news\/board-international-appoints-paul-smith-chief-financial-officer","title":{"rendered":"Board International Appoints Paul Smith as Chief Financial Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section id=\"block_ddc20eb5555e1752c20e3e14d88924f6-\" class=\"block columns-block block-hero-bubble hero-post bg-web-gradient-light \">\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumb-bar bg-brand-pearl\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"columns-block-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-content d-flex 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Officer<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-content text-start align-self-start post-hero-content-right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-grad-right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"hero-bubbles-feature\" src=\"https:\/\/www.board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1200x627-paul-smith-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"200\" width=\"300\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section id=\"block_cf0bccecb0f4365e8c9e7b260b89e815-1\" class=\"block block--spc single-page__post\">\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-7 position-relative\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>Board International, the number one Decision-Making Platform provider, announces today the appointment of Paul Smith as Chief Financial Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cPaul is a technology finance leader with an established track record of investment expertise for high performing successful SaaS businesses,\u201d said Marco Limena, CEO of Board International. \u201cI am delighted to welcome Paul as Chief Financial Officer, as we continue to deliver on our growth plans and fantastic momentum for the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Smith is the former CFO of IFS, the Swedish enterprise software company, where he played a key role in helping to transform the business from a traditional perpetual license and on-premise company with in-house sales and implementation capability, to a SaaS cloud business with over 50% of implementations and 25% of sales conducted via partners. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Smith\u2019s 10 years with the company, he completed and integrated over 15 acquisitions and helped scale operations to 54 countries and 4,000 staff, achieving leadership status across priority markets. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An expert in financial leadership and investment for technology leaders, Smith has taken two technology companies, through the IPO process to successful listings on the Nasdaq, as well as preparing and selling other businesses to private equity investors and trade buyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI am excited to be joining a positive and enthusiastic team, where we have a huge opportunity together with ambitious shareholders, to scale and significantly increase growth,\u201d said Paul Smith, Chief Financial Officer at Board International.\n\u201cBoard\u2019s decision-making platform and solutions are well positioned for success in a growing market, and I look forward to replicating the impactful financial leadership achieved with high performing SaaS and technology leaders throughout my career, once again here at Board.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Board<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Board is the #1 Decision-Making Platform, empowering people to have a transformative impact on their business by helping them to intuitively&nbsp;leverage their data in a flexible, all-in-one environment. 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