Openwork has appointed Ian Buchanan and Andy Smart as non-executive board directors.

Ian Buchanan is a technology and operations executive who was most recently group chief information officer at Barclays and chief operating officer for Barclaycard.

During a career spanning 30 years, he has held executive roles at Société Générale, Alliance & Leicester and Nomura.

Andy Smart is a senior governance professional with significant experience in corporate governance, risk management, regulatory compliance and law. He spent much of his 30 year career at Zurich Insurance where he was latterly head of governance, Global Life.

Hebegan his financial services career at Allied Dunbar and also worked at Zurich Advice Network.

Mark Duckworth, CEO of Openwork, said: “We are thrilled to welcome Ian and Andy to the board. Both bring specialist knowledge to the table.

“Ian’s insight will be invaluable as we transform our operating systems, and Andy’s expertise will be hugely beneficial as we ensure that the financial needs and requirements of Openwork’s end customers are properly met.”