Corporate Profile

Overview

Payzone is one of Europe’s largest branded payments network, delivering a wide range of payment services in six European countries including Ireland, UK, Germany, Sweden, Greece and Romania.

Our product portfolio is based on a network of 66,000 retailer point of sale and includes a comprehensive solution encompassing online and mobile payments. Such services include mobile top-up, tolling payments, electronic gift and transport ticketing together with bill payment and pre-payment meter services.
 

Company History

In a history that now spans three decades, Payzone has evolved from a service-driven telecoms group to Europe's largest cash acceptance network with operations across 6 countries. Over time the group’s focus has changed as Payzone sought to build a pan-European payments network that would facilitate faster, simpler payment solutions.

Our Brand

More than just a sign or logo in a window, the Payzone brand represents what we believe in and guides everything we do.

Our vision and values guide the way we treat our clients, business partners, consumers and employees. They define who we are and how we work and form the foundation upon which we build our business.

Customer Focus and Commitment

Customers are at the heart of everything we do. We’re good listeners and that helps us to better understand how to create value for the people who come to rely on us. We look to build a lasting relationship with them, based on trust and real service commitment.

Our retail partners are a critical part of that strategy and we aim to be strategic partners in their growth, rather than just suppliers.

The Payzone team, our employees across the group are the lifeblood of the brand and we know that only by looking after them can we expect to succeed.

Passion and Drive for Results

We have a passion for success and delivering positive change. We’re determined to be the best at doing what matters most.

Superb Execution

We strive to be recognised as a team that does what we say we will do, when we say we’ll do it. We inspire our people to go the extra mile in keeping customers happy. We learn from our successes as well as our failures.

Innovation and Creativity

We think innovation is important and place great value on this across the group. Our people are actively encouraged and rewarded to constantly reinvent the way we do things and the things that we do. We try to keep our competitors guessing and our customers delighted!

Our Clients and Partners

We’re fortunate to work with some of the leading blue-chip companies in existence today covering a wide range of industry sectors including Financial, Utilities, Retail, Pharmaceutical and Technology. Companies like Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange, H&M, Carrefour, AIB and Schlecker have all benefited from Payzone’s electronic payment networks.
 

Board of Directors

Bob Scott (Chairman)

Mike Maloney (Chief Executive Officer)

Mike has an exemplary track record as a senior executive at major corporations for more than 12 years, most recently at British Telecom Ireland where he had been chief operations officer since 2004 until earlier this year.

He has excellent experience in the payments sector having been executive chairman of Eurocommerce Payment Solutions between 2002 and 2004. 

Julian Rothwell

Julian Rothwell was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Payzone Group in May 2010.

Julian joins Payzone from Travelex where he most recently served as MD of the Travelex Global Outsourcing Division. He previously held a number of senior financing roles with Anglian Water International and Rolls-Royce plc and qualified as an accountant with Arthur Anderson.

Nigel Bell

Nigel completed a first class honours Science degree in University College Dublin and then qualified as a Chartered accountant with KPMG. He spent two years with Allen McGuire and Partners where he worked in a private equity team acquiring and managing a portfolio of diverse companies.

After being approached by Elan Corporation he joined the Company as an operational accountant. Following a 40% investment by Elan in Amarin Corporation he was seconded and subsequently appointed Chief Financial Officer of this NASDAQ quoted company.

He moved to Alphyra (now Payzone) in late 2002 as Group Financial controller just as the business was being taken private. This role has involved managing the Group's finance function with a Dublin team of 5 direct reports and a European team of 6 financial controllers. Following the merger of Alphyra with Cardpoint in December 2007, Nigel was appointed as Deputy CFO of the combined Payzone Group.

Julian Gibbins (Non-Executive Director)

Julian is one of the founding directors of The Corporate Advisory Service, a company that provides M&A and strategic advice to international companies and private equity houses.  He is also an active angel investor focusing on seed capital and early stage investments across a wide range of sectors.

He has extensive international business experience in the payments industry gained at First Data Corporation where he was responsible for helping to grow its global footprint into 21 countries through market entry acquisitions and joint ventures.

Julian qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1989 and gained significant corporate finance experience at PKF Corporate Finance where he worked on a wide range of assignments with a main focus on M&A lead advisory and transaction support.

Julian is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and Chairman of Payzone's Audit Committee.

David Gagie (Non-Executive Director)

David is a globally experienced senior executive in consumer financial services, banking and payments companies, with much of his recent experience in the Internet sector.  

David’s background includes serving on the Lloyds TSB Retail Banking Board responsible for consumer lending, cards and current account businesses, and as Chairman of MasterCard UK and Vice Chairman of MasterCard Europe.  He has also served on the LINK and Visa UK boards.  

More recently David worked with PayPal in California and for Neovia plc where he led its e-money businesses in Europe and Asia Pacific (based in Hong Kong) and launched its award winning multi-currency prepaid debit cards business.

David joined the Payzone Ventures Ltd in March 2010 and is currently active in launching new Internet businesses in the outplacement and bill payments sectors. 

Iain Kennedy (Non-Executive Director)

Iain joined Duke Street in 1997 and was made Partner in 2002.  Previously, he worked for the UK mid-market private equity firm, Gresham, and before that at PwC, where he qualified as a chartered accountant.

At Duke Street, Iain heads up the UK Support Services and Financial Services teams. In addition to Payzone, Iain sits on the board of Marlin Financial, a UK-based consumer debt purchase company.

Arun Kaul

Arun has been with Duke Street since April 2004. He joined Duke Street from the Swedish mid-market private equity firm Segulah and has a Master of Science in Engineering Physics from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

In addition to Payzone, Arun sits on the board of Adelie Foods, the UK’s leading chilled Food-to-Go manufacturer. 

Charlie Troup

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