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White Clarke Group recently announced the appointment of David Slider as the new group executive vice president.

With more than 30 years of leadership in the auto finance industry, Slider joins the White Clarke Group leadership team to champion global client development, execute strategic acquisitions and partnerships, and solidify the company’s global expansion into target markets including North America, Asia and South America.

The company highlighted that Slider brings an impressive track record in the global software market with a specific concentration in the North American automotive finance sector. Most recently he served as managing director of automotive finance for a large, global loan origination and servicing software company, preceded by multiple executive roles with progressing responsibility and success.

White Clark Group indicated Slider’s depth of experience with core receivables, default management, originations and dealer finance systems strongly complements the company’s expansion and growth objectives.

“David’s reputation for winning and developing key client relationships, as well as architecting strategic acquisitions and partnerships, has been the cornerstone of his career. More importantly, he is well respected and endeared by clients, colleagues and competitors alike,” said White Clarke Group chief executive officer Brendan Gleeson.

“We are very proud to have David on the team and look forward to the next steps in our expansion efforts,” Gleeson continued.

Commenting about this new position, Slider added: “I’m honored to join such an impressive team of visionaries who have experienced great successes in Europe, Asia Pacific and now in the U.S. My goal is to further the market’s awareness that we are primed to serve the transformational needs of lenders today with solutions that are engineered with the future built in.

“Lenders no longer need to settle for less than agile, open, digital ready end-to-end systems that can successfully manage the complex competitive and regulatory landscape,” Slider went on to say.