Leadership Team
Spotware’s strong leadership team has directed the company to its many accomplishments over the years, and is responsible for creating hundreds of job opportunities along the way, as the company has grown to over 120 people.
Key Personnel
Ilia Iarovitcyn
CEO
Ilia has been achieving results in the fintech industry for more than 15 years, both in brokerages and IT companies. He has delivered over 20 impactful projects of various kinds: partner programmes and social trading systems, bonus rewards and trading tournaments, integrations of payment service providers, performance metrics and others. In 2017, Ilia joined Spotware to manage the development of a new cTrader product that is currently one of the best solutions on the market for social trading. Now, Ilia is at the head of the company as the CEO. Not only does he architect and promote the trading platform, he also inspires the company’s employees to achieve great results.
Alex Avanesov
Head of Network Operations
Alex has been managing Spotware’s network operations since March 2012. He played a key role in helping the company scale over the years and ensured flawless connectivity and data distribution to traders worldwide. Today, Alex manages the day-to-day operations of the company’s physical hardware and global infrastructure. Alex joined Spotware after 10 years as a senior engineer and, later, a network operations manager at PrimeTel PLC, a leading telecommunications provider in Cyprus.
Elena Kupriianova
CMO
Elena Kupriianova is a marketing executive with a proven track record in transforming digital marketing for fintech. She excels in social media marketing, branding, crisis communications, data-driven decision-making, and automation. Elena's expertise uniquely blends psychology, sociology, and social engineering to influence human behaviour in media spaces. She has led major campaigns for Tier 1 fintech brands like Capital.com and Exness across MENA, APAC, EU, and the US. Her strategic vision and AI-driven marketing tools drive growth and innovation. With experience from top-tier brands like the Olympic Games, Samsung, and L’Oreal, to startups like Soula and Ornament Health, Elena is committed to high standards and unmatched execution speed.
Andrey Pavlov
Founder and Chairman
Prior to starting Spotware, Andrey spent over 10 years at NatWest, Citi and EBRD. He then became an entrepreneur, specialising in fintech and trading solutions. Andrey has made several successful exits in the fund management, hosting and liquidity aggregation sectors. In 2010, he founded Spotware. During this time, he devoted 100% of his time to Spotware and cTrader, the two brands he has always been passionate about. Andrey built cTrader to fill a gap in the market for a trader-focused, STP trading platform instead of numerous workarounds for the legacy product that dominated the market. Today, cTrader is the most current and complete online trading platform available to banks, brokers and exchanges.