My specialism is security and fraud prevention for the global payments industry.After a career in senior commercial leadership roles, I co-founded Safecypher, an investor-backed technology start-up that tackles card-not-present fraud.Before this move, I held senior leadership roles in the oil and banking industries and my key strength is developing innovative but practical solutions to complex business challenges. To achieve this, I draw on an extensive network of companies and people in a wide variety of industries. My recommendations, advice and judgement on commercial decisions have been trusted at the board level in blue-chip companies.The commercial approach I have to problem-solving combines well with my collaborative leadership style. I encourage strong teamwork both internally and externally with client teams and sometimes competitors. I have led teams that developed technological innovations that have increased shareholder value by solving costly business challenges and improving the customer journey.
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Chief Executive OfficerSafecypher Limited Jul 2022 - PresentLeeds, England, United KingdomAs co-founder of Safecypher, I work with a handpicked team of experienced leaders from across the payments industry to deliver an innovative solution to online card fraud. The technology we have developed is ready to deploy and can potentially save card issuers billions in fraud losses and associated costs and improve the customer journey. By authenticating the cardholder behind the scenes, Safecypher significantly reduces the risk of fraud, which means cardholders can make virtually frictionless payments anywhere in the world. -
Managing DirectorCard Network Solutions Limited Apr 2014 - Apr 2022Leeds, United KingdomIn this role, I provided the innovation and delivery of technologies to help create value for the DCC Group's existing, mature business operations in the UK and Europe. I used new technologies to reduce costs while improving the customer experience. By identifying existing technologies externally or developing innovative new solutions internally, my skills helped reduce costs and improve the customer journey for companies within the DCC Group. As a member of the Europol, Fuel Industry Card Fraud Investigation Bureau (FICFIB) group, I was part of an industry group working with Europol to address fuel card-based fraud.
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ChairmanCard Network Solutions Europe Ab Apr 2014 - Apr 2022Norrköping, SwedenI was seconded full-time to the Swedish technology operation that was acquired by DCC. In this role I supported the managing Director in developing the company and its products and gaining access to large companies in the UK and Europe. The technologies we developed helped create value for the group’s existing businesses in the UK and Europe. Our aim was to reduce costs while improving the customer experience and for a significant proportion of the operation’s profit to come from innovations and patent-pending technologies. We managed the development of innovative solutions from initial idea, through proof of concept stage to full commercial delivery. By the time CNS technologies were made available to external clients, most had been thoroughly tested by companies within the DCC Group and were proven to reduce costs and improve the customer journey. -
Chief Operating OfficerFuel Card Services Ltd Sep 2002 - Apr 2014Leeds, United KingdomUnder my leadership, this business unit grew in turnover from £140 million to £800 million and it saw a ten-fold increase in profitability. I oversaw eight mergers and acquisitions and developed the regional network from one to four offices. Much of the growth resulted from innovation around added value services including the development of advanced transactional technology and web-enabled services to provide card and transactional processing for BP, Esso, Shell, Texaco and Keyfuels. I was responsible for six line-managers and reported to DCC plc on the group’s profit and loss. I have remained on the Board for over four years as a non-executive director to offer strategic advice to the executive team of a group with a turnover that topped £1 billion in 2019. -
Manager - Commercial FuelAllstar Business Solutions Jan 1999 - Aug 2001Swindon, United KingdomPHH's card and leasing operation was bought by BNP and subsequently renamed as Allstar Business Solutions. I was seconded to the Arval PHH head office in Swindon. For the largest multi-brand fuel card provider in the UK with turnover of £2.5 billion to £2.7 billion, I managed vehicle capital-leasing services to major blue-chip clients and provided card-related services and transactional process and payment management for major oil companies. -
Managing Director - Arval Card Services LimitedAllstar Business Solutions Jun 1999 - Jan 2001Leeds, United KingdomI launched a greenfield subsidiary for BNP in the UK that acted as the marketing, sales and service point to fuel card holders using web enabled systems and I reported to both the main UK and French Boards. The new product was rolled out to over 25,000 business clients across the UK within 3 months. Turnover exceeded the first-year budget by £2 million and costs came in £200,000 below budget.
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Sales And Marketing DirectorFuel Card Services Ltd Mar 1996 - May 1999Leeds, United KingdomWith the responsibility for sales, marketing and IT, I reported directly to the chairman of the Floyd Group, which became Fuel Card Services. It operated agencies and franchises for the oil industry with a turnover of £52 million. I increased sales by improving training for sales staff, restructuring marketing channels, reorganising customer care and sales administration to be more responsive, developing the IT capability of the group and managed the successful acquisition and merger of a bulk fuel competitor.
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National Sales ManagerExxonmobil Oct 1988 - Feb 1996Leatherhead And WokingI was part of the team that set up Esso card and Esso banking arrangements in the UK, managed new marketing operations in the UK for 3rd party contracts, grew sales from zero to £200 million in 12 months, implemented cross-functional solutions for clients and introduced more effective working practices through technology. For my achievements, I was commended by the Chairman of Esso for outstanding performance in a new market place.
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Ben Jordan attended Cranfield School Of Management, Leeds Beckett University, Loughborough University, University Of Leicester.
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