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This list showcases the top United Kingdom 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.
Ian Benn
Managing Director, Northern Europe of Ingenico Group
Ian Benn is Managing Director at Ingenico Northern Europe where he is responsible for operations in the Nordics, UK and Ireland. Formerly COO of FIS in Europe, Middle East and Africa and previously CMO at Misys, Ian has spent his career in the join between financial services and technology. Author or “Strategic Outsourcing: exploiting the Skills of Third Parties” and, most recently, “Write to Win”, Ian is also an advisor to the Pennies Foundation and tech start-up, Obsidian Solutions.
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About Ingenico Group: Ingenico provides smart payment solutions to empower commerce across all channels, in-store, online, and mobile.
Nigel Fox
Managing Director of TorFX
During his career Nigel has held sales and senior management positions in large and medium size companies, working for Rio Tinto, Peter De Savary and the Combined Universities in Cornwall. Before taking on the position of Managing Director, Nigel spent seven years as the Sales Director of TorFX, with his focus being on supporting sales growth and managing an expanding sales team. As Managing Director, Nigel uses his experience, drive and determination to spur his team forward and ensure consistency in all areas, citing being part of such a successful, dynamic and expanding business as the most rewarding aspect of his job. When not working Nigel indulges his passion for photography and music, spends time with his children and hones his sporting skills.
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About TorFX: TorFX is international money transfer provider offering outstanding exchange rates, fee-free transfers and first-class personal service.
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.
Norman Frankel
Regional Managing Director- UK/Europe of Stanchion
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About Stanchion: Stanchion provides payments security, consulting, payment management support and systems integration solutions for banks and credit unions.
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.
Graham Lilleystone
Managing Director UK & Ireland of Castles Technology
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About Castles Technology: Castles Technology is a leading global provider of state of the art innovative, secure and affordable payment solutions.
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.
Simon Chorlton
Managing Director of We Fight Any Claim
Simon Chorlton is a managing director at We Fight Any Claim, a claims management company that specialises in claiming compensation for mis-sold payment protection insurance for those who were mis-sold the policy in the last ten to fifteen years.
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About We Fight Any Claim: Mis-sold PPI Claims Management Specialists
Ben McSweeney
Managing Director – UK of ZipZap
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About ZipZap: ZipZap is a technology platform for moving money around the world.
Keith Brown
Managing Director of Paythru
Keith is one of the founders of Paythru. Prior to his current role, Keith ran a successful business in Financial Services marketing for 15 years called KBA Marketing. Formed at the end of 1990; the original concept was to develop financial services propositions to non-financial services organisations primarily predicated on the skills of database and direct marketing. Keith has also worked for Lloyds of London, BUPA, Target Life, Grattan and Next in a number of management roles covering disciplines such as legal, business systems, marketing and more. He is a law graduate and qualified Company Secretary.
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About Paythru: Paythru is a financial services and technology business which provides an award winning.
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.
Paul Stokes
Managing Director of Gener8 Finance
Paul Stokes is a director at Gener8 Finance Ltd, one of the country’s leading independent invoice finance companies. An expert in working capital finance, banking and commercial finance broking, Paul has an in-depth knowledge of the funding options available to businesses and has a reputation for problem-solving and helping business owners obtain the funding they need.
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About Gener8 Finance: Gener8 Finance is one of the UK’s leading providers of cashflow solutions to SMEs.
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
