Spitch AG is glad to announce that our management team has a new experienced member — Paolo Munari, Country Manager for Italy. Paolo’s impressive career in the financial service industry and IT companies makes him a particularly suited candidate for establishing Spitch’s presence in the Italian market.

Prior to joining the Spitch team, Paolo Munari worked in:

2015 — 2016 BISAM (a leading financial software provider focused on Risk and Performance calculation): Head of Sales Continental Europe.
2014 — 2015 Misys (the leading financial software provider in banking, treasury, trading, and risk solutions): Country Manager Italy & Malta.
2008 — 2013 Thomson Reuters: Various European Management positions focused on Change Management after the acquisition of Reuters by Thomson Financial.
1998 — 2008 Thomson Financial: Managing Director Southern Europe running operations in Milan and Madrid and helping the company to exploit the financial vendor market.
1996 — 1998 Finanza Service, Class Editori Group (the electronic media company of the 2nd largest financial media group in Italy): Sales Manager.

Living in the countryside close to his native city of Pavia, Paolo is now devoting himself to his passion for dogs. Just recently he adopted two big shepherds from a shelter. Walking the dogs along the river is one of his favorite leisure activities together with discovering delicacies from small food and wines producers.

Paolo is also financially and emotionally dedicated to few nonprofit organizations such as a Dog Shelter and Cactus Onlus.

«It is a professional challenge to lead the regional office for Spitch AG. It is important to determine the right direction and set the correct pace towards the customers — says Paolo Munari, Regional Director Italy — I have known and understood the Italian market, and I am impressed by the capabilities of voice technology that Spitch can bring into it. Together, we can help companies improve their business performance by enabling them to provide an unforgettable user experience to their customers»

Alexey Popov, CEO of Spitch AG commented on Paolo’s appointment: «Italian companies, especially the banks, demonstrate significant interest towards the implementation of voice technologies addressing their business tasks. The regional office in Milan will allow Spitch to get closer to them, allowing us to speak the same language thanks to the geographic location and Paolo’s competencies. This is already the third regional office of Spitch AGin Europe, besides our HQ in Zurich and the office in London, and we are very excited to inaugurate it».