Gareth Edwards
Non-Executive Chairman
Gareth has significant public markets experience gained from many years in non-executive roles and during his time as a qualified solicitor and a partner at law firm Pinsent Masons LLP, where he held both the positions of Global Head of Corporate and International Development Partner. He is currently Chairman of Nightcap Group Ltd, recently de-listed from AIM, and a nonexecutive director on the Board of Various Eateries plc, which is quoted on AIM. He is also a strategic consultant and an Executive Director of London Bridge Capital Limited, an FCA authorised corporate finance boutique.
James Hickman
Chief Executive Officer
James has spent over 25 years in the Financial Services industry with the last 20 years’ experience within the FX and payments industries.
Most recently, James was Chief Revenue Officer at Dublin-based fintech business, Fire Financial Services Limited. Previously, James spent nearly five years as Chief Commercial Officer at AIM-quoted Equals Group PLC. Prior to that he was Managing Director at Caxton Payments Limited (formerly Caxton FX Limited), a provider of foreign exchange, international payments and prepaid cards. In each role, James was responsible for growing sales, operations and managing key relationships. At Equals, his role also included investor relations, fundraising and strategic acquisitions.
Andrew Richards
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew brings 25 years’ experience within the financial services and insurance industries. Spending 12 years with
Chesnara plc., a life insurance and pensions consolidator.
He also held the role of CFO of Countrywide Assured plc, for nine years, where he oversaw all financial aspects of strategy and
financial management. Prior to joining Chesnara, Andrew was a Senior Manager within the Financial Services practice of Deloitte. Andrew is a
Chartered Accountant.
William Newton
Chief Information Officer
William (“Bill”) has extensive operational experience within financial
trading companies having worked in the industry for over 30 years.
He co-founded ITI Capital Limited (formerly ODL Securities Limited),
a derivatives, equities and FX brokerage, where he held a number
of senior management roles including IT Director.
There, he designed various real-time risk and regulatory reporting systems
and was responsible for all back-office development. He was
subsequently appointed CIO for London Capital Group Limited
and managed a reorganisation of its core systems and
infrastructure. Bill co-founded Finseta Payment Solutions Limited,
which was acquired by Finseta in September 2020 when trading as
‘FXPress’.
Simon Bullock, ACMA
Non-Executive Director
Simon has over 25 years’ executive experience in finance positions
in public and private companies operating in the UK and
internationally. He has worked in strategic and operational CFO
roles across the technology and financial services sectors,
including at Caxton FX Limited, a provider of foreign exchange,
international payments and prepaid cards.
He has significant experience with AIM-quoted businesses, including
Aurasian Minerals plc (now Adriatic Metal Services (UK) Limited),
Merit Group plc, Bonhill Group plc and OnTheMarket plc. Simon is a
Chartered Management Accountant, having qualified in 1996.
John Burns
Non-Executive Director
John has over 40 years’ experience in the payments industry and was involved in legislative policy development at the Financial Services Authority (now FCA).
Prior to joining the Financial Services Authority, he spent eight years at the Association for Payment Clearing Services and the Payments Council. Other experience includes various positions with Clydesdale Bank Plc and Lloyds Banking Group. John is currently Senior Advisor, Payment Services at Cosegic Limited.