Financial Technologies International Appoints Former Flexi Managing Consultant, Philip Lewis As Manager, Professional Services, EMEA

Business Wire, August 5, 1999

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1999--

FTI Adds to World-Class Professional Services Team in Europe

Financial Technologies International (FTI), the world's leading provider of real-time business information platforms, announced today that it has named Philip Lewis as manager, professional services, EMEA. Based in FTI's recently expanded City of London office, Mr. Lewis will be responsible for sales support and professional services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He will report to John Mason, vice president, European operations.

"We are looking forward to having Mr. Lewis join our London-based team. His professional experience will be invaluable to our customers," said Predrag Dizdarevic, FTI's chief executive officer.

"FTI has rapidly become a preferred provider for real-time business information solutions. I'm looking forward to continuing and building a world-class professional services team in EMEA," said Mr. Lewis.

During his 17 years in the IT industry, Mr. Lewis has held senior and managing consultant roles, dealing with major London-based, domestic and international banking clients, including Dresdner, Kleinwort Benson, Sanwa International and SE Banken. Prior to joining FTI, Mr. Lewis was employed by Flexi International, formerly the Dodge Group, as managing consultant where he was responsible for systems implementation projects and client management. Prior to Flexi, Mr. Lewis spent 14 years developing back office financial systems at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and designing and implementing accounting systems at British Telecom.

About FTI

Financial Technologies International (FTI) provides rules-based software products that process transactions and market data in real-time. FTI's solutions enable a broad range of financial institutions to consolidate information and distribute it firm wide and to customers over the Internet. FTI is based in New York City with offices in San Francisco and London. FTI's products are used today by financial industry customers worldwide. They include leading international banks, brokers, investment managers, mutual funds, insurance companies, investment banks, depositories and Web-based trading firms. FTI has significant business partnerships with Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HWP), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW). For more information, visit http://www.ftisoft.com.