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Paul Townsend

Founder/Chairman Vitesse PSP

United Kingdom

Investor
Angel

Invests in

Locations:

United Kingdom

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Skills

Payment Systems
E-commerce
Mobile Payments
Electronic Payments
Payments
Payment Card Processing
E-payments
Banking
Financial Risk
Financial Services
Strategy
Mobile Commerce
Business Development
Management
Acquiring
Credit Cards
Cards
Strategic Partnerships
Payment Gateways
Merchant Services

Education

  • Forest Hill Boys School

    (1975 - 1981)

Investments

Griffin

Seed

Total Funding: $66M

Curve

Series A

Total Funding: $250M

Veridu

Seed

Total Funding: $1M

Kwanji

Seed

Total Funding: $490K

Work Experience

Vitesse PSP Limited

2013

  • Director

    2013

    Vitesse provides a global payments and treasury service focussed on the insurance sector

Current investor

2013

  • Investor

    2013

    www.vitessepsp.com www.apexxfintech.com www.imaginecurve.com www.savvee.com www.yoti.com www.freemarketfx.com www.bankingcircle.com www.myurbanjungle.com www.gousto.co.uk Griffin.sh

Saxo Payments Banking Circle

2015 - 2018

  • Non Executive Director

    2015 - 2018

Worldpay

2011 - 2013

  • Chief Strategy Officer e-commerce

    2011 - 2013

    Primary focus on partnerships and expansion of the geographical network. New local acquiring licences

Envoy Services Limited

2006 - 2011

  • Founder/COO

    2006 - 2011

    Oversight of operations, compliance and risk as well as management of banking and third party partnerships and sales enagagement. Sale to Worldpay.

Neteller plc

2004 - 2005

  • Director of Payment Solutions

    2004 - 2005

    Banking network management and development of payment partnerships

Earthport plc

2002 - 2004

  • Director-Banking

    2002 - 2004

    Banking partnerships and Board Member

Bank of New York/RBS Trust Bank

1996 - 2001

  • Vice President-Treasury

    1996 - 2001

    Vice President FX and Money Market Operations. Also helped set up RBS Trust Bank out of the SG Warburg Custody division.

Barclays de Zoete Wedd

1995 - 1996

  • Senior Manager-Structured Derivatives

    1995 - 1996

    Senior Manager Derivative operations

S.G.Warburg//SBC

1985 - 1995

  • General Manager-Corporate Finance

    1985 - 1995

    General Manager. 2 years in Internal Audit.