Experience

Soldo

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• SVP, Sales and Market Development

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom Focused on further accelerating Soldo's growth across Europe. The Soldo platform provides everything businesses need for effortless spend management



Marqeta, Inc

• United States
• Medical Practices

• SVP, Managing Director, Europe

  • Jan 2018 - May 2022

  United Kingdom In this role, I oversee all aspects of Marqeta’s European business, established in 2018, as the first employee in the region. Moreover, I recognise, hire, retain and develop a high-calibre workforce in the payments industry while defining succession plans across the business. I also manage day-to-day general operations including all budgets related to the execution of the strategic plan and continued delivery of service to European customers through operational/budgetary planning expertise. In… Show more In this role, I oversee all aspects of Marqeta’s European business, established in 2018, as the first employee in the region. Moreover, I recognise, hire, retain and develop a high-calibre workforce in the payments industry while defining succession plans across the business. I also manage day-to-day general operations including all budgets related to the execution of the strategic plan and continued delivery of service to European customers through operational/budgetary planning expertise. In addition, I formulate a robust go-to-market (GTM) strategy including identifying optimal target verticals, propositions and pricing frameworks by evaluating the market and competitive dynamics. Show less



WEX

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Europe

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2017

  London, United Kingdom I served as Head of WEX’s European commercial payments business with leadership of a cross-functional team of over 60 people and accountability of regional revenue and expense budgets. I was accountable for creating and executing multi-year strategic plans to drive business growth and expansion.

• Sales Director

  • Oct 2013 - Dec 2014

  London, United Kingdom During this tenure, I administered end-to-end sales functions while periodically reporting to MD, Europe. One of my main duties was to establish and oversee a sales organisation of 11 people. I also outlined and communicated go-to-market strategy across multiple countries, products and services.



Worldline by Atos

• Head of Merchant Services - Sales & Business Development

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2013

  London, United Kingdom During my stint here, I governed all aspects of commercial efforts regarding revenue growth for Worldline’s large merchant payment programmes across the UK. I was responsible to steer a team of salespeople to execute a go-to-market strategy for pre-identified target verticals. In addition, I oversaw deal bid process for all opportunities including senior leader sponsorship of initiatives requiring approval of UK CEO.



Atos International

• Germany
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Manager

  • May 2010 - Jul 2013

  Working for Atos as a Business Development Manager focused on helping clients sell more, more profitably. A combination of proven technology solutions and a network of the UK's leading merchant partners allows us to provide unique business account and payment schemes that increase revenues whist reducing costs.



Oxygen Finance

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Commercial Business

  • Jul 2007 - Apr 2010

  London, United Kingdom Working closely with the executive team to design and execute the commercial strategy into the corporate sector. Oxygen Finance is an enabler for corporate and public sector organisations, unlocking income from their spend and transforming procurement and accounts payable functions into revenue generators. Oxygen Finance’s solution is different: it offers a complete, fully-resourced service to manage the programme on an industrial scale, underpinned by non-intrusive technology.



Atos

• France
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head Of Solutions

  • Jan 2005 - Jul 2007

  Managing team of six with cross functional roles including Account Management, Solution Management and Pre-Sales.

• Project Manager / Account Manager

  • Jan 1998 - Dec 2004