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Creating customer focused payment products.Innovative thought leader in the alternative payments, mobile, digital and fintech space, with 15+ years experience in creating new products and services, building strategic partnerships and creating business opportunities.Strategic thinker with a strong technology and programme management background, with a proven ability to take new ideas, build business cases, gain buy-in internally and deliver.Inquisitive sponge with an entrepreneurial mind set, who keeps at the forefront of technology, always seeking to innovate and enable the business to seize opportunities.Strong Leader who creates collaborative partnerships both internally and externally, whilst continually creating and maintaining strong stakeholder buy-in to the new opportunitiesAlways interested to hear about new 'Innovation' which could drive the business and market forward in todays fast pace of change. Current focus areas include Open Banking, BNPL, P2P, PSD2, API's, Digital Identity, artificial intelligence, fintech, mobile, payments, security and authentication.Particular expertise in the following:-- Fintech, innovation and problem solving- Strategy and roadmap development- Digital and mobile technologies- Leading cross functional teams and stakeholders- Strong influencer and communicator- Product management - Strategic Business Development- Programme & Project Management - PRINCE2 certified- P&L management - Mobile Payments - Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay and tokenisation- Payments - Super Apps, Open Banking, BNPL, EMV, contactless, Faster Payments, PSD2- Security including identity, authentication and cryptography - CISSP certified Opinion is mine not LBG

Listed skills include Payment Systems, Mobile Payments, Payments, Credit Cards, and 22 others.