Patrick Hayes, Minstd Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

CEO of Decta Limited in Ireland, We are DECTA - a global payment processing company, experts in FinTech. We provide a complete range of digital payment services designed with the needs of Merchants, Banks, and Payment Service Providers in mind. Used by 2000+ companies across 32 countries, our solutions include: • Payment Acquiring Services• BIN Sponsorship and White Label Card Issuing• White label Payment Gateway• Issuer and Acquirer Processing• Digital Banking Platform

London, England, Gb

At Soldo I oversaw all business and operational functions of expense management and spend control company, including unregulated part of the business (SaaS services) and the regulated financial services part of the business, regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and in Europe by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI). Held Pre-Controlled Function positions with the CBI (PCF1, PCF8 and PCF42) and an EMD position with the FCA as a Director of the Financial Services UK board. Managed all business and operations of the companies across Ireland and the UK with responsibility for optimising company performance and P&L. Reported to Group CEO, served as Director on both boards, held position on Senior Management Team (SMT) in key decision making for the direction of the company.• Established Operations Division in addition to leading Risk and Compliance team, the Treasury and Payment Operations team (safeguarding and money movement / reconciliation) and Customer Service for regulated service. • Succeeded in doubling processing revenue in last six months of 2021.• Raised over $180M in Series C funding in 2021, driving company through unprecedented phase of growth in the UK and Europe.

Brisbane City, Queensland, Au

Spearheaded corporate operations for leading Fintech company and provider of e-banking services. Played key leadership role through acquisition of company by EML Payments. Oversaw company’s day-to-day activities from locations in Ireland, UK, and Malta. Managed operations of large software development team, in addition to IT Operations, IT Security, Customer Delivery and Account Management functions, encompassing 150 employees and eight direct reports (Divisional Managers). Participated post-acquisition IMO function, combining functional synergies between the organisations. Supported EML strategy of concentrating on PFS eMoney capability, and offering of products such as SEPA instant transfers, SEPA direct debits, and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), while building out banking capability as a global offering.• Directed company restructure enabling significant business growth by creating scalable operating structure.• Introduced new operating procedures and performance management initiatives to create a more corporate environment and maximise efficiency. Improvements have been implemented company wide.

Brookfield, Wisc., Us

Drove business performance and sales for commerce-enabling technology, First Data (now Fiserve), as Head of Global Business Solutions for Hong Kong and Macau, leading First Data’s merchant solutions and acquiring business. Worked with Issuing Division - Global Financial Services (GFS) on China market and the pivoting of the First Data proposition for end-to-end solutions. Played key role in regional team covering Asia Pacific. Oversaw all business activities in the Hong Kong and Macau market, including First Data's acquirer processing business, and deployment of technology solutions both directly and via processing partners. • Successfully managed large multi-award-winning sales team that achieved robust growth in the market year-on-year, with focus on Enterprise sales and the provision of world-class digital solutions.• Identified interchange variances (in market and cross-border), scheme fee cost and value adds.

Puteaux, Île-De-France, Fr

Served as Regional Director of Strategic Partnerships for company specialising in collection, conversion, and remittance of multi-currency payments on behalf of international merchants operating in multiple markets. Improved and extended partnerships with acquirers, alternative payment methods, payment gateways and other technology providers. Performed business and synergy analysis role for potential acquisitions in the region, including an Integration Management (IMO) function once complete, and review of company's business and revenue lines, product competitiveness, regional reach, and underlying partnerships.• Played key role in launch of Ingenico’s Omnichannel solutions, combining Smart Terminals with e-Commerce over a shared processing platform.

Purchase, Ny, Us

Led Payment Gateway business for MasterCard for the Australian and New Zealand markets. Pivoted role of existing local teams to focus on support of sales to larger merchants requiring assistance for more complex integrations and understanding of client business requirements. • Headed consolidation and presentation of combined product proposition following acquisition of TNSPay (providers of the software for the Mastercard Gateway Service (MiGS) platform). Led consolidation of all three businesses (MiGS, TNSPay and DataCash) that became MasterCard Payment Gateway Service.

Purchase, Ny, Us

Following MasterCard’s acquisition of DataCash, served as Head of White Label Product Strategy globally, while working to pivot the Datacash mindset to be the provider of White Label Gateway services and away from the traditional model of PSP (sales direct to merchants) to provide scalable global expansion of services (initial customers were Unicredit, Swedbank and Elavon). Led European Product Sales for the DataCash White Label offering and supervised team who managed new and existing business in the region, with responsibility for sales strategy, product bundling and collaboration with various MasterCard offices supporting sales of DataCash and other MasterCard products.• Served as DataCash representative in European Leadership forums for MasterCard, concentrating on synergies between different MasterCard products and collaboration with other product owners on joint opportunities as packaged solutions and case-by-case opportunities.

Purchase, Ny, Us

Worked for Customer Delivery in restructuring way MiGS was deployed and supported in the Asia Pacific region.

Purchase, Ny, Us

Managed Product, Sales, and Delivery for MasterCard’s Payment Gateway (MiGS) in the South Asia, Middle East, and Africa region. Service was sold to and through banks to provide reliable and compliant eCommerce payment processing for emerging markets. • Succeeded in signing of 42 banks in over 20 countries, and exponential growth in transaction volumes, supporting the adoption of eCommerce in these regions.

Purchase, Ny, Us

Drove continued growth of the MiGS Payment Gateway business in Asia Pacific.• Signed series of large banks such as HSBC (now Global Payments) in Hong Kong, Network International in UAE, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and ANZ Bank in Australia and New Zealand.