Experience

TFPA | The Fintech and Payments Advisory Network

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Partner

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  TFPA are a boutique advisory organisation who have hands on experience of the challenges you are facing. An extensive network of strong senior executives who have been spearheading commercial, product and technical operations in major global corporates and some of the key challengers within Payments, Cards, Fintech and Banking. We offer a focussed set of services, all based on the experience that Partners have had as practitioners inside the industry. TFPA engage where we believe we can make a real difference and provide practical advice, guidance and support to help. Show less



Phil Stunt Advisory Services

• Founder

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  Working with businesses across payments and fintech to help them develop, scale and grow. Working with businesses across payments and fintech to help them develop, scale and grow.



Barclays

• India
• Outsourcing/Offshoring
• 1 - 100 Employee

• COO Barclays Payments

  • May 2020 - Jul 2023

  As Chief Operating Officer for Barclaycard Payments, the largest merchant acquirer in the UK market responsible for one third of all transactions, my primary responsibilities included the following: • Developing a credible Operations & Technology strategy and operating plan to ensure delivery of business objectives and fully leveraging the Barclays franchise capabilities. • Definition and delivery of the operations and technology roadmaps from product enhancements, digitizing and automating back-office processes, elimination of technical debt and automation of controls. • Ensuring that technology is properly leveraged, and investments are made to support the goals of providing superior customer service within an efficient cost model. • Improving Barclaycard’s customer facing servicing and back-office operations capabilities, achieving greater productivity, efficiency, faster customer service and supply chain efficiency in line with risk avoidance and compliance goals. • Managing direct and indirect control of over 2,000 FTE across technology and operations managing a budget of £200m Opex/£75m Capex. • Responsibility for the managing and enhancing a robust control environment and governance structure across the payments business, as well as improving business resilience in line with business and regulatory requirements. Show less



Fiserv

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Vice President Head of Products for Issuer Processing

  • Jan 2019 - Mar 2020

  • Responsible for the product roadmap and investment strategy supporting the card issuing processing and software licence business across the International Regions to drive growth and profitability of the $900m revenue business delivering over $400m of operating income Growing at consistently at over 20% CAGR • Creation of a new business model, Acquiring as a Service leveraging the modern architecture, AI based analytics and deep processing as a service experience. Owned from idea, through business case, technology scoping and sales. Show less



First Data Corporation

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President, CIO International

  • Nov 2009 - Mar 2020

  • CIO for International Regions including Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific (APAC) and Latin America and Canada (LAC). Direct control of 2,300 FTE’s and $171m Opex /$80m Capex. • Championed, drove and executed the Target Platform Strategy (TPS) in the International regions, including the stabilisation of service followed by the consolidation of multiple platforms across multiple jurisdictions. • Modernisation of the core processing platforms by moving capability from a mostly mainframe environment to digital enabled, form factor agnostic innovative payments capability in a progressively agile, “Dev Ops” manner. Development of a web services architecture that is event driven and starting to move away from a batch centric model. • Support the growth of the International business by deploying increasing capability and innovation to new clients and markets. For example, supporting the growth of the Issuing as a Service business from 15 million accounts in EMEA to 200 million accounts in 5 years across EMEA, APAC and Latin America and functionally from core processing to digital channels and beyond at an EBITDA in excess of 45%. • Tasked with the radical transformation of the delivery of First Data’s services and large scale outsourcing engagements through the creation of a professional services capability generating $80m revenue p.a. • Maintain a pristine control, compliance and security environment • Restructure of the International regions technology function to drive improved profitability through the alignment of organisations and processes globally and the use of alternative delivery models utilising strategic partners and an on-shore/near-shore/Off shore model. Show less


CARDNET MERCHANT SERVICES LIMITED
• Retail Office Equipment
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director

  • Feb 2018 - Feb 2020


Pancreatic Cancer Action

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairman and founding trustee

  • Jun 2010 - Jul 2018

  We urgently need to create greater awareness of pancreatic cancer because: - 5 year relative survival is only 3% - this number hasn’t changed in over 40 years - 5-year survival for all the 4 commonest cancers has been increasing whereas that for pancreatic cancer has not. - Pancreatic cancer is the 5th commonest cause of cancer death in the UK yet receives only 1% of research funding; - 90% of people are diagnosed too late for potentially curative surgery - Many people have not heard of pancreatic cancer and some don’t know what/where their pancreas is or that they have one at all - The average life expectancy on diagnosis for pancreatic cancer is a mere 3-6 months. Show less


First Merchant Processing (Ireland) Limited
• Director

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2017

Molten Limited
• Business Consulting and Services
• Non Executive Director

  • Jan 2011 - May 2013


Computer Associates

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CIO International

  • Jan 2005 - Dec 2009

  • Delivered the Computer Associates transformation programme including the complete re-platforming and radical simplification through software driven re-engineering approach to the management of CA’s International business. Executive leadership of the successful “Big Bang” implementation of a full footprint SAP implementation to 25 countries across EMEA, in 14 months. First period close after implementation achieved in 4 days as opposed to 10+ days typically. A first for CA. • Radical de-customisation of CA’s use of its own software in its environment to demonstrate out of the box simplicity to our clients. • Achievement of significant year-on-year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) reductions through governance, ROI driven self-funding models and leveraging off shore/near shore capability. In particular a 40% like-for-like cost reduction achieved over 4 years without service level degradation. Show less



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Partner

  • Jul 1998 - Jan 2005

  Associate Partner at Accenture, working predominately within the Communications and High Technology sector. Recognized as a subject matter expert in integrated CRM / Supply Chain Execution systems and business models, he has successfully driven global transformation initiatives in a number of Fortune 100 companies. • Global Computer Manufacturer Merger. Engagement Manager responsible for the sale and delivery of a $6m engagement, working with the new company executive team in EMEA to drive the rapid and effective integration of the two companies. • Global Computer Manufacturer New Operating Model and SAP Implementation. Engagement Manager responsible for the sale and delivery of the $20m engagement defining the Direct Business strategy including customer segmentation, process and system design, construction, deployment and roll out across Europe. • Global Telecommunications Company. Lead Manager responsible the process improvement activities across the European handset manufacturing and logistics organisation in advance of a systems re-platforming programme. Show less



Shell

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineer, Production Manager, Trader, Consultant

  • Sep 1986 - Jun 1998

  • Downstream oil engineering, trading, production facility management, logistics and internal consulting • Experience of working in Australia, Germany and Saudi Arabia a well as the UK • Downstream oil engineering, trading, production facility management, logistics and internal consulting • Experience of working in Australia, Germany and Saudi Arabia a well as the UK