Formerly the banking services director at Wincor Nixdorf , Porter has a long career history in banking and finance systems including spells at Level Four Software, TNS, Paypoint Retail Solutions and Mosaic Software.

Managing director, Paul Fisher said: ‘Steve has outstanding experience in leading managed service and field service delivery contracts, including new service set up, transition, integration and transformation and ongoing service delivery. We are delighted to welcome him to his new role.'

Porter’s former role as banking services director, announced in March 2006, was a new role in the UK structure, created to ‘recognise the increasing range of Wincor Nixdorf outsourcing services in the banking market and its rapid growth’.