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This list showcases the top London based Managing Director operating in the Payments space. If you think a Managing Director 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.
Adriana Marques
Managing Director, Europe and Global Network of Zepz
Adriana Marques is responsible for growing WorldRemit’s business in the European region as well as driving the expansion of the network globally by integrating new pay out partners, and launching money transfer services in new geographies. Adriana has over 20 years of experience in leading and developing teams, having previously held senior strategy and business development roles at Sodexo and American Express. Prior to joining WorldRemit in October 2017, Adriana served as Head of Merchant and VAS at Samsung launching Samsung Pay in the UK. Adriana holds an MBA from London Business School and a BA in Economics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil.
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About Zepz: Zepz is a money transfer service that helps migrants send money to their loved ones all over the world.
Matt Sloan
Managing Director EMEA of Discover Financial Services
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About Discover Financial Services: Discover Financial Services is a direct banking and payment services company.
Norman Butler
Managing Director – Visa Payments Limited of Visa Europe
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About Visa Europe: Visa Europe is a payment technology business that enables European consumers, businesses, and governments to make electronic payments.
Rodney Bain
Co-Founder & Managing Director of APEXX Global
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About APEXX Global: APEXX consolidates global payment providers into a single integration point, optimising the cost of complex payment ecosystems.
Chris Davies
Managing Director of Global Payments
Chris Davies is Managing Director at Global Payments.
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About Global Payments: Global Payments offers transaction processing services through their high-speed, robust electronic information networks.
Kebbie Sebastian
Managing Director of Penser
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About Penser: Specialist consulting firm focused on the payments and fintech industry
Will Curley
Managing Director of DIP
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About DIP: DIP is a global advisory that focuses on payments (credit, debit, infrastructure, and digital) and sales force management.
Dominic O’Mara
Managing Director of PaymentPlus.ie
Dominic O’Mara is the managing director at PaymentPlus. Dominic earned his degree in electronics at The University of Edinburgh.
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About PaymentPlus.ie: PaymentPlus is a growing provider of merchant services and secure payment solutions.
Larysa Melnychuk
Managing Director of FP&A Trends
Larysa Melnychuk is a founder and managing director of FP&A Trends Group. FP&A Trends helps companies to realise their innovative FP&A potential through training, consulting, professional networking and debating. Larysa is an experienced FP&A practitioner and held senior FP&A positions at Invensys plc, Ace Group, Key Bank and HSBC Bank before setting up the International FP&A Board in 2013 – a global and well-recognized FP&A best practices think-tank. Since then, she has been running the Board that has successfully expanded into 11 countries in Europe, the Middle East, the USA, Asia and Australia.
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About FP&A Trends: FP&A Trends Group is a global UK-based consultancy that helps organisations.
Abdul Ojomu
Managing Director MMIT UK of Mobile Media Info Tech Global Limited
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About Mobile Media Info Tech Global Limited: Mobile Media Info Tech (MMIT) is a mobile payment processing company.
Simon Edhouse
Managing Director of Edgelogic Ltd.
Managing Director Simon Edhouse handles overall strategy, production coordination and design. Simon holds a Masters degree in Commercialization of Science & Technology, writing his Master’s thesis on future applications of digital currencies in 2006.
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About Bittunes, Bittunes, Edgelogic Ltd.: Edgelogic works with distributed technologies like peer to peer and blockchain systems to create new platforms and applications.
Ben McSweeney
Managing Director – UK of ZipZap
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About ZipZap: ZipZap is a technology platform for moving money around the world.
Simon Oxley
Founder & Managing Director of Citicus
Simon Oxley moved into the IT industry after obtaining a science Doctorate at Oxford University. He gained a background in systems development and has now been working in the information security and risk fields for over 30 years. Having helped Logica establish one of the first two computer security evaluation facilities for the UK government, he had a career in commercial security management through heading up the information security departments at National Power and Reuters. He took both organizations into the Information Security Forum (ISF) and was a member of the ISF’s Council during 1992-94. As an independent consultant in information security from 1996 to 2000, Simon advised a range of blue chip clients and contributed to many projects for the highly-respected ISF. He was the author of the ISF’s research reports on secure e-commerce, cryptography, web security, security architecture and active content, and contributed to many others, including the project that led to the FIRM methodology supported by Citicus ONE. Simon is a regular speaker at international conferences on information security and risk. He has a strong interested in education, helping the British Computer Society to develop their information security qualifications and being a regular lecturer at the UK’s Royal Holloway Information Security MSc course. Simon is a founder and Managing Director of Citicus.
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About Citicus: Citicus develop and sell world-class security, risk and compliance management software, plus supporting services.
Loren Barton
Founder, Managing Director of Kaleidoscope Group Ltd
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About Kaleidoscope Group Ltd: Consultancy and advisory firm focused on bridging the gap between innovation and performance in the market
