Smartbroker AG is expanding its Management Board: the former Raisin Bank board member Uwe Lüders joins the management team of the Berlin-based fintech on 15 September 2022. Together with long-time board member Thomas Soltau, Uwe Lüders will primarily be focused on further developing the multi-award-winning next generation broker Smartbroker as well as the fund broker FondsDISCOUNT.de. In his new role as Chief Financial Officer, Lüders will be responsible for the areas of Risk Controlling, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Anti Money Laundering.

The expansion of the Management Board provides the Smartbroker operating company with additional relevant expertise in the banking sector. This represents an essential part of the ongoing strengthening of internal structures and procedures in preparation for the future financial commission and custody business, for which an application has been submitted to Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). Subject to the license being granted, Smartbroker AG will be entitled to provide most securities brokerage and  account management services in-house.

55-year-old Lüders has many years of management experience in the banking sector. Most recently, he was a member of the Management Board at Raisin Bank, where he was responsible for the business development and further development of the risk management function. Before that, he worked as a board member at ProCredit Bank, where he headed, among others, Compliance, Finance and Risk Management.

During his time at the Aquila Group, he held a management board position and was responsible for the establishment and launch of a broker-dealer bank. Previous positions include senior finance roles at the private bank Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe and in the cooperative banking sector. Following vocational training as  banker, Lüders gained a degree in business administration and economics.