Richard Hargreaves is an experienced Chair, Non-Executive Director and professional business angel with great experience of the US market and a career investing in and helping grow young technology companies.  Richard began his career at ICFC (now 3i plc). Richard then founded and developed Baronsmead plc, until its eventual sale. He was actively involved in the growth of the venture capital industry through the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA), where he became Chair. More recently, Richard  co-founded Endeavour Ventures Ltd, which invests in young technology companies for its client base of high-net-worth individuals, subsequently retiring from that role in 2018.  He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and has an MSc and PhD from Imperial College, London.

Charlotta is a qualified Chartered Accountant and an experienced Non-Executive Director. Following an initial career at Ernst & Young, Charlotta has subsequently held a series of senior investment banking roles with UBS, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan, moving onto senior finance rules with Nokia and Vertu.  After a successful executive career, Charlotta made transition to Non-Executive Director roles with a broad range of international companies from technology to healthcare and financial services. Charlotta is currently SID of Unicorn AIM VCT plc, Audit Committee Chair of Gamma Communications plc as well as Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair at JP Morgan Indian Investment Trust plc and a Non-Executive Director at Vina Capital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Ltd. Charlotta is Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Mark Britto has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, sales and financial services executive. He served as a senior executive for PayPal in various capacities for five years. He also served as Boku’s Non-Executive Chair. Mark founded Boku after six years as the CEO of Ingenio, a service marketplace and performance advertising company, which he led to a 2007 acquisition by AT&T. Prior to Ingenio, Mark spent four years as SVP of worldwide services and sales at Amazon.com. Mark’s first start-up, Accept.com, was bought by Amazon.com in 1999 and served as the primary backbone of Amazon’s global payments platform. Mark began his career in senior credit and risk management roles at leading national banks FirstUSA and Bank of America.

Meriel is an experienced customer focused technology entrepreneur and adviser, having worked across multiple sectors. Having begun her career at Microsoft and the BBC, Meriel founded, grew and sold a user experience design consultancy, Flow Interactive, during which she spent 15 years working with many of the world’s best-known brands across banking, health, communications, education, e-commerce and more.  Meriel made the transition to a portfolio career over a decade ago. She has been a member of several boards of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange and is currently a Non-Executive Director on the boards of International Public Partnerships Ltd, Bluefield Solar Income Fund Ltd and Ikigai Ventures, as well as board chair at Jersey Telecom Global and holding private and third sector roles. Meriel is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

In his earlier career, Loren held senior leadership roles within commercial and marketing at multi-national businesses such as Google and Nokia. He currently serves as the Chief People Officer at the LEGO Group, since 2015 serving on their Executive Leadership Team first as Chief Commercial Officer before transitioning to leading the LEGO Group’s people strategy, in addition to their social responsibility, facilities and corporate brand communication agendas. Loren has an MBA and Executive Masters in Organisational Psychology from INSEAD and is a member of the International Advisory Council of the Institute of Business Ethics.  Loren is a member of both the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

Jon has more than 30 years of payments experience following an initial career as a technologist with IBM. There followed a distinguished career at Visa Europe, ultimately rising to EVP Marketing. Jon established Visa Europe’s eCommerce division where he oversaw the introduction of Chip and PIN and launched several products including Visa Electron and V PAY. Jon served as Deputy CEO at SecureTrading, where he doubled turnover and quadrupled profits and led a management buy-in at Shopcreator, before joining Boku in 2012, becoming CEO in 2014 and taking the company public in 2017. He stepped back to become a Non-Executive Director at the end of 2023. During his tenure, value processed increased more than fifty-fold. Jon also advises several private companies and is an active Angel investor.

Stuart assumed the role as Boku Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2024, following a six-month transition period with former CEO, Jon Prideaux.  Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Boku between 2012 and 2014 and between 2017 and 2019, both periods of considerable growth for the Company. Stuart saw the company through its IPO, before being appointed Chief Business Officer of Boku’s Identity division, where he returned that business to growth, culminating in its successful disposal to Twilio in 2022.  Stuart has spent the past twenty years in senior roles across Payments and Fintech. He was previously Chief Commercial Officer at  PaybyBankapp (acquired by Mastercard), helping to pave the way for what is now Open Banking. Stuart was also Commercial Director at Barclaycard, then Europe’s second largest payment acceptance company, during which time he oversaw the roll out of contactless payments to merchants across the UK market.  Stuart is a qualified accountant and, in his earlier career, held senior Commercial and Finance positions within a number of blue-chip corporations including GlaxoSmithKline, Worldcom and Virgin Media.

Rob, a chartered accountant, joined the executive team and Board of Boku in July 2024, bringing over 25 years of experience in Financial Services.  Rob’s career spans a range of senior leadership roles within NatWest Group plc, where he held positions across the Treasury, Corporate and Institutional Banking, and Asia-Pacific business franchises. In 2014, he was appointed Finance Director for the Commercial and Private Banking Franchise, overseeing a business with a turnover of £5.7 billion by 2019. He was subsequently appointed as Group Chief of Staff in 2019, where he served as a member of the Group Executive Committee and reported directly to the CEO.  In addition to his executive career, in 2024, Rob completed a three-year tenure as a Non-Executive Director of Motability Operations Group plc where he was a member of both the Board and Audit Committee.

Keegan has nearly 20 years of experience working in technology and software engineering. He leads Boku’s Engineering, Platform, IT, and Quality teams who are tasked building and operating the platform that delivers Boku’s products to its merchants. Keegan and his teams are responsible for ensuring that Boku delivers a scalable, reliable, and secure local payment network to the world’s top companies.

During his time at Boku, Keegan has overseen the growth and scaling of the Boku technical platform, including growth of nearly 100x in transaction volume since its early days. He was responsible for leading the technical development of its core product suite and the technical integration of multiple key merchant accounts including Sony, Microsoft, Google, and others.

Before Boku Keegan worked in the Fitness Tech and Aviation Tech.

Paul Jarret is Chief Banking and Settlement Officer at Boku, Inc. With over 20 years of experience in global payments and treasury management, Paul oversees settlement processes and financial operations for major global merchants, including Microsoft, Meta, Spotify, and Netflix.

Previously, Paul held senior roles at institutions such as BNY Mellon and RBC Capital Markets, developing expertise in cross-border transactions and emerging markets. At Boku, he leverages this experience to drive innovation in financial infrastructure and enhance payment systems globally.

Leila Kassner is the Chief Operating Officer at Boku, the global network for localized payment solutions. Since joining Boku in 2014, she has held several key roles across the business, notably leading the global partnerships team and managing relationships with major technology partners including Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Netflix.

With 18 years of experience in the payments industry, 11 of those at Boku, Leila now oversees operational resilience and efficiency across the organization. She plays a central role in aligning operations with the company’s strategic goals and ensuring consistent global performance.Leila is a dedicated advocate for gender equity in the workplace, committed to empowering women and championing the next generation of senior female leaders. As a working mother herself, she is especially passionate about enabling women to thrive in the workplace.

Prior to joining Boku, Leila held senior roles in the alternative payments space, working across telco and mobile payments technology.

Adam has been developing new products and services for startup ventures for over 20 years. At Boku, Adam leads product, design, and marketing, charged with finding innovative new applications for the 4B+ mobile phones the Boku platform is currently connected to.

Before joining Boku, Adam was at Intuit where he launched the world’s first consumer medical wallet used to understand, manage, and pay for healthcare expenses, distributed by two of the largest US healthcare networks, UnitedHealthcare and CIGNA.

Prior to Intuit, Adam had also worked for two major industry backed B2B platform companies, Neoforma and more notably GlobalNetXchange where he developed technology and services to drive better supply chain performance between companies around the world including Carrefour, Sears, Sainsburys, Metro AG, Karstadt Quelle, Unilever, Proctor & Gamble, and Diageo.

Victoria is Boku’s Chief People Officer and member of the Global Leadership Team. She leads the People team supporting Boku to be a great place to work, with 500+ colleagues across 31 countries.

Vic oversees the development and implementation of Boku’s people strategy, which focuses on attracting, developing and retaining diverse and talented people.

Vic joined Boku in March 2024 and previously worked in e-commerce, games and brand management in both public listed and privately owned global organisations.

Mark has over 20 years’ experience in mobile, digital, and fintech services and is a leading member of the team that has brought the biggest digital brands to Local Payments including Amazon, Meta, Spotify, Sony, Google, Netflix and Microsoft.

He played a critical role in building Boku’s market-leading Local Payment Network of nearly 200 LPMs, and as Chief Business Officer, has direct responsibility for Boku’s growth and the expansion of the network. This includes the deployment of new Payment Types onto the Boku platform, such as digital eWallets, A2A payment schemes and mobile banking Apps.

Previously, Mark held positions at Deutsche Telekom where he led BD, marketing & licensing for music and digital entertainment services. He launched Europe’s first mobile music service in 2001, signing deals with all five major record labels, and later brought leading film, TV & toy brands to mobile, including Spider-Man, Pink Panther and Transformers.