August 2024: Top five movers and shakers stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top movers and shakers stories in August.
Movers and Shakers
FNZ group CEO Adrian Durham to step down
Durham is handing the reins over to former JP Morgan exec Blythe Masters.
US fintech Happy Money hires former Bank of America exec Matt Potere as new CEO
Potere takes the reins from Joe Heck, who departed Happy Money in July.
Stripe CTO David Singleton to step down after seven years to start own company
Singleton is passing the reins to deputy CTO Rahul Patil, who has been with Stripe for four years.
MoneyGram names Josh Gordon-Blake as new chief digital officer
Gordon-Blake is taking over from Seth Ross, who began the role just last April.
Dutch paytech Adyen names Tom Adams as new CTO
Adams takes over from Alexander Matthey, who has served as Adyen CTO since 2021.
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USAA president and CEO Wayne Peacock to retire in 2025
Peacock joined USAA in 1988 and became its CEO in February 2020.
Sharon Naidoo named new TransUnion CFO for the UK and Europe
Naidoo previously served as CFO at TransUnion Africa.
Norway’s IDEX Biometrics names Catharina Eklof as new CEO
Eklof has acted as the firm’s chief commercial officer (CCO) for the past three years.
Volt’s co-founder and chief growth officer Jordan Lawrence steps down
Lawrence co-founded UK paytech Volt in 2019 with Tom Greenwood (CEO) and Steffen Vollert (COO).
N26’s chief regulatory officer Jan Stechele to step down to “pursue new opportunities”
Chief risk officer Carina Kozole will assume Stechele’s responsibilities moving forward.
Blockchain firm Consensys hires former Disney exec Dan Odell as CFO
Odell will take control of “all financial operations” at Consensys.
Broadridge appoints Simon Robertshaw as CTO of trading solutions
Robertshaw joins from The Bank of London, where he served as COO.
Future FinTech Group promotes Hu Li to CEO
Li has served as CEO of FTFT International since January this year.
Triodos Bank UK appoints Mark Clayton as new chief operating officer
Clayton previously spent 23 years at HSBC and was most recently COO at Unity Trust Bank.
LendingPoint hires ex-Mr Cooper exec Shawn Stone as CEO
Stone is also set to join the LendingPoint board of directors.
AccessPay gains two new senior directors with product and partnership focus
Graham Morgan transitions to product director, while Jim Conning becomes director of banking and alliances.
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Estonia’s Montonio triggers leadership change with Johan Nord rising to CEO
Nord takes the reins from Markus Lember, who will now become chief strategy officer.
Global Payments names Robert Cortopassi as new president and chief operating officer
Cortopassi previously served as Global Payments’ senior EVP and president of international and vertical markets.
CIBC plans to hire for 200 new data and AI roles over the next 12 months
The new hires will be tasked with advancing “resilient and trustworthy AI solutions” across the bank.
Sweden’s Fingerprints hires David Eastaugh as new chief strategy and technology officer
Eastaugh previously served as the CTO of UK regtech TruNarrative for over six years.
Houlihan Lokey names Andrew Atherton as new fintech managing director
Atherton previously worked for over eight years at Union Square Advisors.
Lloyds Banking Group names Rohit Dhawan as new group director of AI and advanced analytics
In this newly created position, Dhawan will oversee Lloyds’ AI Centre of Excellence.
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Wells Fargo names BNY’s Bridget Engle as new head of technology
It has also been announced that Wells Fargo CIO Tracy Kerrins will lead consumer technology and a new AI unit.
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ING names Daniele Tonella as new CTO
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Wealthify names former Azimo chief Richard Ambrose as new CEO as Andy Russell steps down
Russell is moving onto “the next phase of his career” having served as Wealthify’s CEO for over four years.
Corlytics hires new CTO, chief data officer and chief tech architect
Former AQMetrics exec Steve Barnes has been named as the group’s new chief technology officer.
Acrisure names NYSE vice chairman John Tuttle as new president
Tuttle has spent the last 17 years in leadership roles at the NYSE and its parent, Intercontinental Exchange.
Simona Covaliu appointed new CRO of PayU GPO
Covaliu will lead PayU GPO’s security, compliance, privacy and risk units.
Swiss wealth manager Julius Baer names Goldman Sachs exec Stefan Bollinger as new CEO
Bollinger succeeds interim CEO Nic Dreckmann, who has held the position since February this year.
Former Affirm VP Sibongile Ngako joins US fintech Brex as chief compliance officer
Ngako will lead the compliance programme at Brex and expand its risk-mitigating frameworks.
Pennsylvania’s Sagent appoints Jaime Gow as new CFO
Gow will work out of Sagent’s major US tech hub in Dallas, Texas.
Boku names former NatWest exec Rob Whittick as new CFO
Whittick most recently served for over four years as chief of staff of NatWest Group.
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RTGS.global co-founder and CTO Andrew Smith announces departure
Smith announced his decision to part ways with the company on LinkedIn.
