GFI Software, a provider of messaging and security software, has appointed software industry veteran Scott Brighton as its new chief executive officer.

Mr Brighton brings more than 25 years of experience. He joins GFI from Aurea Software, where over the course of two years he helped grow the company from $40m to $200m while vastly improving Ebitda margins and customer success. Prior to Aurea, Mr Brighton served as CEO of Artemis International, a global project management software company. Earlier in his career, Mr Brighton held senior positions at Trilogy Software and A.T. Kearney.

Mr Brighton was appointed CEO following the sale of 100 per cent of the shareholding in GFI Software to new investors. Details of the deal were not disclosed.

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