Executive Committee
Appointed to the Board in October 2009, Chairman in May 2015, Executive Chairman in December 2019 and Chief Executive in May 2020.
Nick retired as chairman of Nomura in 2012 after more than 25 years in investment management and banking. His career started as an analyst and fund manager at Mercury Asset Management before moving to Cazenove, where he spent the majority of his career and was a partner prior to incorporation and a vice chairman of JP Morgan Cazenove. He was previously a non-executive director of Strutt & Parker and Picton Property Income Limited and senior independent director at Primary Health Properties plc, prior to its merger with MedXplc.
Rob is a qualified Chartered Accountant with more than 25 years’ experience across financial services, with Co-Op Insurance, Swinton Insurance and Aviva plc, and professional services, with Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young. He joins us from De La Rue Plc where he was Chief Financial Officer.
Jo joined PayPoint in 2011 and is currently Managing Director, Payments, leading the commercial and strategic development of the client portfolio. Prior to PayPoint, she supported bluechip organisations with their CSR programmes in schools, including developing programmes for BT and Grant Thornton, following her early career in the education sector.
Mark joined the Executive Board in February 2021 following the acquisition of Handepay and Merchant Rentals and is currently Managing Director, Card Services, leading the card payments business across Handepay and PayPoint. Prior to this, Mark was Chief Commercial Officer at Handepay from 2013 where he developed their market-leading customer proposition and led the marketing and customer management teams. Mark has previously held international product management positions with global payment processor Elavon, where he was responsible for mobile payment, currency conversion and gift card solutions. Mark began his career in the payment industry in 2002, supporting major acquiring and retail customers for Ingenico.
Simon joined the Executive Board in April 2021. He was appointed as Chief Technology Officer in May 2017, having previously managed the IT team at PayPoint’s Mobile and Online subsidiary prior to its sale. Simon has worked in both the payments and retail wealth management sectors for over 30 years as an engineer, manager, consultant and IT executive. He has launched and managed card processing systems for several banks and consulted on payments in the UK, USA and Australia. Prior to joining PayPoint, Simon was a management consultant for several years and has delivered significant IT programmes for several banks, wealth managers and insurance firms.
Julian joined PayPoint as Managing Director of Love2shop and Park Christmas Savings following the successful acquisition of Appreciate Group PLC in February 2023. Julian is responsible for the Strategy, Commercial performance, Clients and Sales & Marketing functions with a focus on driving revenues in line with key financial targets. Julian successfully served as Interim CEO of Appreciate Group plc (AG) throughout the acquisition period. Julian joined AG in August 2017, initially as Group Operations Director then as Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to this, he held senior commercial executive roles at Adare Group, the customer communications services group, for 18 years following a career in the automotive and electronics industry.
Katy joined PayPoint as HR Director in 2012 with responsibility for the development and implementation of our people agenda. Prior to joining PayPoint, Katy worked for RSA Insurance Group where she held a number of senior business partnering roles in the UK and latterly in the emerging markets business where she was responsible for ensuring the delivery of the HR agenda across 22 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. Prior to that Katy spent seven years at General Electric where she held HR roles in both its consumer finance and insurance businesses. Katy has a degree in International Business and Modern Languages from Aston University and is a Chartered Member of the CIPD. Katy is a member of the ESG Working Group and chairs the Employee Forum.
Executive Board - includes all members of Executive Committee
Ben Ford joined the Executive Board in July 2020 as Retail Services Director and transitioned to the role of Customer Experience Director in October 2021 following the acquisition of Handepay and Merchant Rentals. Ben is responsible for ensuring that our proposition is underpinned by the delivery of excellent customer service to our retailers, merchants and consumers. Ben was previously at Addison Lee where he was head of Global Customer Experience and Operations responsible for global service delivery of customers, clients, drivers, and fleet. Prior to joining Addison Lee Ben worked in similar roles for companies including Premier Inn, Danone, Joules and Boden.
Samantha joined the Executive Board in November 2025 and leads the parcels and e-commerce division, driving growth and innovation across the network. She brings extensive experience from senior commercial roles in logistics, retail and financial services, including Chief Commercial Officer at Yodel, where she oversaw transformation and international expansion. Samantha was named Northern Businesswoman of the Year in 2021.
John Lynch joined the Executive Board in July 2024 following four years of leading and developing the Management Information and Business Intelligence teams creating a dynamic path for PayPoint’s data driven goals. John is responsible for the automation and end to end development of PayPoint’s data initiatives containing business reporting & dashboards, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning providing the business with actionable insights supporting the delivery of the groups strategic objectives. John has 20+ years of experience in data analytic solutions in many sectors, including the financial and retail sectors. Prior to joining PayPoint, John worked for Liverpool Victoria (LV), Barclaycard, and Carphone Warehouse.
Tanya joined PayPoint as General Counsel and Head of Compliance in September 2020 and leads PayPoint’s Legal and Compliance teams advising all companies across the PayPoint Group on legal and regulatory matters relating to their businesses. Prior to joining PayPoint, Tanya worked at Zurich Insurance for 11 years where she held a number of roles including Head of the UK Corporate & Commercial Legal team. Tanya qualified as a solicitor in 1996 at the international law firm Lovell White Durrant, now Hogan Lovells LLP, where she worked as a solicitor for 12 years specialising in corporate and commercial law across a number of business sectors.
Steve joined PayPoint originally in 2014, and then again in 2020 as Corporate Affairs and Marketing Director, leading our marketing, PR and investor relations efforts for the Group. He has spent over 20 years in marketing and PR leadership roles for large consumer organisations in the UK and Europe, across the retail, telecommunications and financial services sectors. After starting his career at the John Lewis Partnership on their graduate scheme, Steve has worked for Orange, Carphone Warehouse, HSBC and Amigo. Steve is also a member of the ESG Working Group.
Chris joined PayPoint in 2016 and is Head of Corporate Development, leading the organisation’s growth and development activities and overseeing treasury strategy. Prior to joining PayPoint, Chris worked at LMAX as Head of Financial Reporting, where he was responsible for developing the finance function following its MBO from Betfair. He is a qualified accountant with 20 years’ experience in senior finance positions in financial services, telecoms and gaming sectors, including TalkTalk and Tsogo Sun Gaming.
Anthony joined the business in 2013 following seven years with convenience retailer SPAR. Since joining PayPoint he has held a number of leadership roles across retail relationships and product management, culminating in his appointment to the Board as Retail Proposition & Partnerships Director in April 2023. Anthony leads the strategic development of our retail devices and accompanying services, our ATM business, our consumer engagement proposition, and our partnerships with large-scale corporate retail groups such as Asda, Co-op, and One-Stop.
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