Sovos hires Peter Russell-Smith as EMEA managing director

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Sovos hires Peter Russell-Smith as EMEA managing director

Peter Russel-Smith

Tax compliance and reporting software provider Sovos has announced the appointment of Peter Russell-Smith to its newly created role of managing director, EMEA.

Russell-Smith will lead Sovos’s European operations from the company’s offices in London and Amsterdam. His appointment, comes in light of new tax transparency mandates (including electronic reporting and audit requirements for VAT), which have sparked greater demands for modern tax compliance and reporting software solutions.

Before joining Sovos, Russell-Smith sat as president and CEO of McLaren software, where he was instrumental in driving up double-digit revenue. He also served as managing director and senior vice president for Intergraph Corporation (Asia pacific) as well as held senior positions with PwC and Hewlett-Packard. 

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