{"id":555565,"date":"2021-11-18T03:59:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T03:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/11\/18\/kashat-appoints-marija-zivanovic-smith-as-independent-board-member\/"},"modified":"2021-11-18T03:59:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T03:59:46","slug":"kashat-appoints-marija-zivanovic-smith-as-independent-board-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/11\/18\/kashat-appoints-marija-zivanovic-smith-as-independent-board-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashat appoints Marija Zivanovic-Smith as independent board member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-08\"><\/a><strong> O<\/strong><strong>ur fri<\/strong><sup><\/sup><strong>ends at Kashat, the region's first provider of nano-financial services, have added <\/strong><strong>Marija Zivanovic-Smith (<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marijazivanovicsmith\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><strong>) as an independent board member.<\/strong> Based in Washington, DC, Zivanovic-Smith sits on the executive leadership team of NCR, the original fintech player and a global leader in enterprise technology for restaurants, retailers and banks. 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