Stuart Kitching

Head of Travel & Digital Sales at Trust Payments
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United Kingdom, UK

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I worked with Stuart as a customer for many years and found him to be expert in his field with a sound technical and commercial knowledge of the market. He takes time to get close to your business and to understand the challenges and opportunities in support of your objectives. I would recommend Stuart to any business wanting to deliver expertise and real partnership.

Steve Wilkinson

Stuart has always been a tremendous help in the Payment Solutions Arena. Has is personable dedicated and knowledgeable.

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Financial Services
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Head of Travel & Digital Sales
      • Jan 2023 - Present

    • Head of Retail Sales
      • Oct 2022 - Jan 2023

      Trust Payments was formed in 2019. We bring together technology and financial services to create a leading-edge fintech platform. Our payments and commerce businesses are at the heart of our vision to build omnichannel Converged Commerce™ solutions.

    • Australia
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Business Development Manager - Commercial
      • Jan 2022 - Oct 2022

      Zip (ASX:Z1P) is a leading global Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) company providing fair and seamless solutions that simplify how people pay. Founded in Australia in 2013 and now with a presence in 13 international markets, our mission is to be the first payment choice, everywhere and every day. We give consumers, merchants and businesses around the world access to transparent, flexible and interest-free credit. We exist to create a world where people can live fearlessly today, knowing they’re in control of tomorrow. Disrupting the broken credit card model, we put the financial well-being of our customers and merchants at the centre of everything that we do. Driven by people-centred product innovation, we are the next generation of payments, helping consumers and businesses to take control of their financial future. Over 55,000 retailers around the world offer Zip as a payment choice to our 9.2 million and growing active customers globally. We are Zip, and we’re only just getting started. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Director Payments - Consumer & Tech, Corporate and Institutional Coverage
      • Feb 2021 - Jan 2022

    • Associate Director - Global Transaction Banking
      • Mar 2019 - Feb 2021

      Card Payments acceptance and acquiring specialist within the Large Corporate space, servicing clients with a card turnover from £100m - £6bn+. Specialising in Retail, Hospitality & Leisure, eCommerce (web), Mobile and Card Not Present transactions to provide a full omni channel solution for my clients. Lloyds Bank Cardnet is a joint venture with First Data, one of the world's largest card processors. Together we have a history of understanding and supporting businesses, as well as delivering a quality service and product suite. Show less

    • Client Development Manager Corporate- Retail - London.
      • May 2015 - Mar 2019

    • Corporate Relationship Manager Cardnet Merchant Services
      • Oct 2012 - May 2015

    • Senior National Sales Manager
      • Dec 2009 - Oct 2012

    • Brazil
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Area Sales Manager
      • Dec 2007 - Dec 2009

      Responsible for account management of major accounts and generating new business selling YESpay's software through channel partners in the Self Service, Hospitality E-commerce and Direct Retail sectors. Solutions ranged from E-commerce payments to mobile POS to self service payments and standard EPOS chip and Pin services. Sales cycle ranged from 6 to 12 months. Solutions were sold at board level mainly with IT departments being key in influencing the decision making process. Training of staff on various products ­ doing presentations at all levels on the products we sell and how our solutions work. Organising technical meetings ­ to discuss the integration process and eliminate and technical issues that may occur during the projects and organise validating the solution once the project is complete to make sure it complies with banking regulations. Organising commercial discussions- to discuss at board level how we can generate more business/revenue for all concerned through different channels and getting projects raised e.g in Epos environment introducing self service payments in store etc.... Marketing Press releases ­ to gain maximum exposure in the market for the company and raise the company profile in various sectors. Order Processing ­ making sure my internal sales team register major account correctly and work to the time scales of the project to make sure that there is no delay in deployment of the service. Regular meetings with various banks to push accreditations with many different pieces of hardware. Contract negotiations Public Speaking and Presentations Managing an internal sales team Sold high value solutions to: UK Leading Supermarket Morrisons PLC: £500K services; L.A Fitness: £150K services Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Executive Offices
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Area Sales Manager
      • Jul 2007 - Dec 2007

      Responsible for the recruitment of Staff,Sales generation and general management of 6 sites in the Midlands area. Responsible for the recruitment of Staff,Sales generation and general management of 6 sites in the Midlands area.

    • United States
    • Insurance
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Regional Sales Manager
      • Jan 2005 - Jul 2007

      After attending Combined Insurances managers training programme I was then promoted toarea sales manager of Newark and Nottingham in March 2004 and was in control of an operationworth £200,000.00 per annum and at the time was the youngest manager within the organisation inthe UK.My duties and responsibilities were to carry on selling in quantity, to recruit successful sales peoplefrom internet applications, visiting job centres and conducting individual interviews. I also had to trainand develop those reps through theoretical and in field training programmes devised by myself. Otherduties were to assign territory, plan business strategies and targets for each of these reps inline withthe company's targets. Other duties included planning and arranging conferences for up to 75 peopleand arrange accommodation for these individuals. Also to bank company profits on a weekly basisand manage all accounts for the area.I was in this position for 18 months and achieved great success. with a double digit increase in policyholders and premiums in three consecutive six monthly cycles, and achieved 3 six monthly bonusesof £8000, £7000 and £6500 and also qualifying in the top 5 managers in the UK on new businessproduced for the year to the companies European convention in Tenerife where I picked up an awardfor area sales manager best newcomer award by developing the territory I was in charge of from£200,000.00 per annum to some £320,000.00 per annum in just 18 months. After developing one ofmy reps to be the no.1 sales rep in the midlands and helping him to gain promotion into the area I hadbeen running, I was pleased then to be asked to move territories, to develop an under achieving areain the Loughborough and south Leicestershire area, which I ran until the end of July 2007 anddeveloped that area from £180,000.00 per annum to £230,000.00 in just 12 months. Show less

    • Sales Representative
      • Mar 2004 - Jan 2005

    • Manager/Personal Trainer
      • Sep 2000 - Mar 2004

      My role at Fit To Play was a Gym Manger and Personal Trainer. I went into this business when it first open with no members and had to sell and develop membership base from scratch within the first year we had nearly 500 members which was the target as this was a My role at Fit To Play was a Gym Manger and Personal Trainer. I went into this business when it first open with no members and had to sell and develop membership base from scratch within the first year we had nearly 500 members which was the target as this was a

Education

  • Ashby Grammar School
    8 GCSE's A, C
    1990 - 1994
  • Coalville Technical College
    Carpentry and Joinery
  • Leicester College
    National Diploma, Health Fitness and Nutrition, Business

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