FinTech Magazine February 2024 | Page 26

PEOPLE MOVES

THE LATEST MOVERS AND SHAKERS ACROSS THE FINTECH INDUSTRY

With Financial Services Firms Firmly Settled Into 2024 , a Host of Freshly-Appointed Executives Have Been Busy Getting to Grips With Their New Roles
Prior to Thunes , Chuchkina also held senior marketing roles at Visa , Rapyd and Grab , Southeast Asia ' s super-app . During her time at Rapyd , she led the firm ’ s go-tomarket strategy in the APAC region , as well as global communications .
Commenting on Chuchkina ’ s appointment , Tom Greenwood , CEO at Volt , said : “ Irina ’ s experience in payments and marketing is second to none and I couldn ’ t be more delighted to welcome her to the team . To have someone of Irina ’ s stature within the industry taking on the role is a testament to the great progress we have made .”
WILLIAM MORONEY
IRINA CHUCHKINA JOB FROM : CMO , THUNES JOB TO : CMO , VOLT
JOB FROM : MD – MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA , TEMENOS
JOB TO : PRESIDENT – INTERNATIONAL , TEMENOS
Volt , the global real-time payments platform , has appointed Irina Chuchkina as its very first CMO . She joins during a significant period of growth for Volt , which secured US $ 60 million in Series B funding in June 2023 , and takes responsibility for the global marketing strategy and building on Volt ’ s ambitious expansion plans .
Chuchkina brings almost 20 years worth of experience in the payments space across Europe and Asia . Most recently , she served as CMO at Thunes , the Singapore-based payment infrastructure platform , where she led on global marketing strategy .
William Moroney has been promoted to President – International at Temenos .
Having previously served as MD for the Middle East and Africa , Moroney ’ s remit has been expanded to include Europe and the Asia Pacific . When combined , these regions represent 57 % of the company ’ s total revenue . Moroney has more than 25 years of sales experience and leadership under his belt and joined Temenos in 2020 . He previously held senior positions at a number of international banking , technology and outsourcing companies , including Misys , Hewlett Packard and Transguard Group .
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