Steve Lee, Chair of the Board at Handysoft, joins the Board at Tantalum. The
appointment follows a period of rapid expansion for Tantalum, which has made seven
new senior hires in 2017 as it strengthens its global market-leading position in the
rapidly developing Connected Car sector.
Coming hot on the heels of the recognition by the UK government of its unique air.car
solution to help curb emissions, the investment by the Handy.Car subsidiary of
Handysoft, part of the Dasan group, will help develop Tantalum’s position as the leading
provider of Connected Car technology services, including insurance, crash detection,
roadside assistance, parking and accident management. Tantalum’s end-to-end
ecosystem of services is underpinned by a proprietary global billing and payment
platform: Pay.Car. Security is paramount in all of Tantalum’s applications.
The investment will help to drive Tantalum’s unique air.car “pay as you pollute”
solution, which is attracting increasing attention as governments and local authorities
worldwide seek to battle rising air pollution. Last week Tantalum received an Innovate
UK grant to perfect its remote monitoring of NOx; and announced a competition for
megacities worldwide to set up the world’s first real time emissions-based road user
charging scheme.
The news enhances the reputation of Tantalum further, following the firm’s listing in the
Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 for a second year running at number 14, as well as
the receipt of GP Bullhound’s Connect Award for revenue growth over the past three
years.
Ian Drew, Chairman of Tantalum, commented:
“We welcome Steve Lee to the Tantalum board. Working with handy.car, we have already
started a trial in Vietnam, as a testbed for the vast Asian market.”
Steve Lee, Chair of the Board of Directors at HandySoft, commented:
“I am delighted to be joining the Tantalum board. Tantalum is uniquely positioned at the
junction between technology, the automotive space and SaaS with solutions such as
Pay.Car and the air.car “Pay as you Pollute” technology; and an ecosystem of partners
including Samsung, AT&T and SAP. I am confident that, with Handysoft’s help, notably in
the Asian market, Tantalum will play a leading role in the transformation of the
automotive market. We look forward to helping them develop globally over the coming
years.”
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