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This list showcases the top Surrey based Director operating in the Payments space. If you think a 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.
Gloria Benson
Director of Consult Hyperion
Gloria is a Director of Consult Hyperion who, prior to joining Consult Hyperion in 1987, has worked for a range of companies dealing with business administration and human resource management. She graduated with a Management MBA from City University Business School. Gloria brings a wealth of business and people knowledge to Consult Hyperion, having had many years experience in the IT industry. Gloria also represents the social commitment of Consult Hyperion to the local and wider community, and is Chair of the Industrial Advisory Board at the Department of Computing at the University of Surrey, where she has been a member of the Board for nearly 10 years and is now a Visiting Professor.
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About Consult Hyperion: Consult Hyperion is an independent strategic and technical consultancy.
David Birch
Director of Consult Hyperion
David G.W Birch is Director of Consult Hyperion, the secure electronic transactions consultancy. He is an internationally-recognised thought leader in digital identity and digital money; named one of the global top 15 favourite sources of business information (Wired magazine) and one of the top ten most influential voices in banking (Financial Brand); listed in the top 10 Twitter accounts followed by innovators, along with Bill Gates and Richard Branson (PR Daily); named one of the “Fintech Titans” (NextBank), voted one of the European “Power 50” people in digital financial services (FinTech Awards) and ranked Europe’s most influential commentator on emerging payments (Total Payments magazine).
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About Consult Hyperion: Consult Hyperion is an independent strategic and technical consultancy.
Dave Birch
Director of Innovation of Consult Hyperion
David G.W Birch is an author, advisor and commentator on digital financial services. He is a Director of Consult Hyperion (the secure electronic transactions consultancy that he helped to found), Technology Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (the London-based think tank), a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey Business School and holds a number of board-level advisory roles. Before helping to found Consult Hyperion (one of the very first companies on the Surrey University Business Park) in 1986, he spent several years working as a consultant in Europe, the Far East and North America. He graduated from the University of Southampton with a B.Sc (Hons.) in Physics. Dave was named one of the global top 15 favourite sources of business information (Wired magazine) and one of the top ten most influential voices in banking (Financial Brand); created one of the top 25 “must read’ financial IT blogs; was found to be one of the top ten Twitter accounts followed by innovators, along with Bill Gates and Richard Branson (PR Daily); was ranked in the top three most influential people in London’s FinTech community (City A.M.), was voted one of the European “Top 40” people in digital financial services (Financial News), was listed of the world’s top 100 most influential FinTech leaders (Hot Topics) and rated Europe’s most influential commentator on emerging payments (Total Payments).
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About Consult Hyperion: Consult Hyperion is an independent strategic and technical consultancy.
Keith Watson
Director of DevOps of ADP
Keith has 30 years experience at all levels of software development, test, infrastructure and customer support. Keith currently manages a team which provides IT infrastructure provisioning services to internal software development teams at Ordnance Survey. Over the past two years, he has led a DevOps project to effect business change using a combination of culture change, DevOps principles, Open Source tools and changes to business processes. This project has dramatically improved the efficiency and effectiveness of the provisioning service and has resulted in the infrastructure team being seen as leading the way in business IT transformation. He has also spoken at various DevOps conferences and user groups.
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About ADP: ADP provides business outsourcing solutions that facilitate businesses in HR, payroll, and administration processes.
Dale Evans
Marketing Director of My Canada Payday
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About My Canada Payday: Online and storefront payday loans and cheque cashing.
Mark McMurtrie
Director of Payments Consultancy
Mark McMurtrie is an Independent Consultant who focuses on Consumer Payments, FinTech and Retail Technologies. He advises retailers, financial services companies, payment providers, technology companies and investors. During his 25-year career he has travelled to 60+ countries, promoting the latest banking and payment technologies. He has worked with many of the world’s leading companies including the largest retailers, eCommerce merchants, retail banks, merchant acquirers, card issuers, payment brands and payment service providers. His advisory services concentrate on strategy development, market assessments, commercial due diligence, technology reviews, and supplier selection. His experience is broad and covers mobile, as well as face-to face and ecommerce transactions. He has launched many successful products and a payment service provider. In addition to FinTech and payments he works on customer marketing programmes including loyalty schemes, digital coupons and eVouchers. Mark is a regular industry commentator and conference speaker. He often chairs conferences and acts as a judge for several industry award programmes.
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About Payments Consultancy: Payments Consultancy Limited is a boutique consultancy practice based in the UK specialising in the payments industry.
Mark McMurtrie
Director of Payments Consultancy
Mark McMurtrie is an Independent Consultant who focuses on Consumer Payments, FinTech and Retail Technologies. He advises retailers, financial services companies, payment providers, technology companies and investors. During his 25-year career he has travelled to 60+ countries, promoting the latest banking and payment technologies. He has worked with many of the world’s leading companies including the largest retailers, eCommerce merchants, retail banks, merchant acquirers, card issuers, payment brands and payment service providers. His advisory services concentrate on strategy development, market assessments, commercial due diligence, technology reviews, and supplier selection. His experience is broad and covers mobile, as well as face-to face and ecommerce transactions. He has launched many successful products and a payment service provider. In addition to FinTech and payments he works on customer marketing programmes including loyalty schemes, digital coupons and eVouchers. Mark is a regular industry commentator and conference speaker. He often chairs conferences and acts as a judge for several industry award programmes.
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About Payments Consultancy: Payments Consultancy Limited is a boutique consultancy practice based in the UK specialising in the payments industry.
Jeff Woolgar
Chief Relationship Officer and Director of Trustpay Global
Jeff Woolgar is the chief relationship officer and director of Trustpay Global.
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About Trustpay Global: Trustpay Global develops and operates an online payment gateway and payment processor.
