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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based CFO’ operating in the Mobile Payments space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Raffaele Terrone
CFO of Scalapay
Raffaele Terrone currently works as Chief Financial Officer at Scalapay. He previously worked at ICAMAP as an Investment Director.
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About Scalapay: Scalapay is a payment solution provider that allows customers to buy and pay in three installments without any additional interest.
Andras Mecser
Group Chief Financial Officer of Zepz
Andras Mecser is responsible for all WorldRemit’s financial functions including financial controlling, statutory reporting, planning and budgeting, treasury and liquidity management, and corporate finance. Prior to joining WorldRemit, Andras served as CFO at Ebury. He previously held senior strategy and portfolio manager roles at Centrica PLC, as well as a senior manager role at McKinsey & Company, serving financial institutions, private equity clients and their portfolio companies. Andras holds an MBA from London Business School, an MA in Financial Investments and Risk Management from Corvinus University of Budapest, and an MA in International Management – CEMS Programme.
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About DNA Payments, Zepz: Zepz is a money transfer service that helps migrants send money to their loved ones all over the world.
Colin Nunn
Chief Financial Officer of MishiPay
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About Bare Conductive, MishiPay: Mishipay is an app allowing you to never have to stand in line to pay at a store again.
Carolyn Rand
Chief Financial Officer of Bango
Carolyn is responsible for overall financial management of Bango, for corporate financial functions and financial relationships with Bango partners. The global reach of Bango requires a wide range of financial models, Carolyn ensures the smooth running of the team delivering this commercial flexibility. Carolyn has responsibility for innovation and management in critical finance functions, and is closely involved in budgeting, forecasting and monitoring the projected performance of Bango. Carolyn works with product development to ensure the Bango Platform can scale and handle complex requirements. Experienced in CFO roles at fast growing technology businesses and public companies, Carolyn is accomplished at maintaining tight financial control and driving profitability in global businesses. Before joining Bango Carolyn held executive roles at, Zinwave, Isogenica, Birdlife and Sepura PLC. Carolyn is a Fellow and Chair for Chartered Institute of Management Accountants East Midlands and East Anglia Region and Chair for the Institute of Directors Cambridgeshire Region.
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About Bango, Institute of Directors: Bango is the standard platform chosen by leading global stores to deliver mobile payments to everyone.
William Billingsley
CFO, Cofounder & Chief Commercial Officer of ApTap
As the co-founder of ApTap, he is fully involved in the operations, planning and strategy of the company. Upon graduating from Imperial College he delved into the world of business, inspired by experiences in tech and science, in order to learn and make an impact. With work experience in research labs, in the field and abroad, as well as in business development, alongside his BSc in Biology with Management (hons), He is excited to have started a company, to drive his aspirations to change the world.
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About ApTap: ApTap offer a simple bill management API for banks to cancel, compare and switch their service providers with just a tap.
Mark Boote
CFO of Zapaygo
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About Badminton England, Pro Active Financial Consultants, Zapaygo: Zapaygo provides a menu of goods or services and a pre-order and payment facility to consumers.
Michael Zeitler
CFO of Orderella
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About Orderella: Orderella is the leading mobile ordering and payment platform for the hospitality industry available in the UK.
Martin Steenkamp
Co-founder & Chief Financial Officer of FC Exchange
Martin co-founded FC Exchange and before this worked in the Convertible Bonds team at Deutsche Bank. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Martin qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in South Africa. He also moved to the US with Deloitte, working on energy trading clients, including American Electric Power and Columbia Gas. Martin holds a B.Acct (Hons) degree in Accountancy from the University of Natal in South Africa.
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About FC Exchange: International payments and money transfer services for individuals and businesses at bank-beating rates.
