Earthport PLC Global Head of Strategy and Product
June 18 2014 - 2:00AM
RNS Non-Regulatory
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Earthport PLC
18 June 2014
18 June 2014
Earthport plc
("Earthport", or the "Company")
Appointment of Global head of Strategy and Product
Earthport plc (AIM: EPO), the cross-border payments service
provider, is pleased to announce that Sajeev Viswanathan, an
experienced banker and entrepreneur, has joined the Earthport
management team as President - Global head of Strategy and
Product.
Sajeev will initially spearhead Earthport's strategy for
expansion into Asia including India. In addition, Sajeev will take
on the responsibility for Earthport's global network expansion and
product development. He will report to Hank Uberoi CEO.
Previously, up until 2009, Sajeev had an 18 year career with
Citigroup, the multi-national financial Institution. At Citi, he
was Managing Director in the Global Transaction Services (GTS)
business in charge of Global Receivables & Trade Finance, a
multi-billion dollar business. Prior to this he held the position
of Chief Administrative Officer, GTS, Europe Middle-East &
Africa (EMEA), also serving as Risk Director on the Board of
Citicorp Trustee Company Ltd. He has also worked in Russia as
Director, Corporate Bank, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
based in Moscow and was also a Director on the Board of ZAO
Citibank Russia.
Most recently, Sajeev held the position of Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer of Bhartiya Samruddhi Financial Services
Ltd., a well-known Microfinance Company in India. During his tenure
at the helm, Sajeev led a team of over 12,000 people and oversaw
establishment of the company among leaders in the industry. He also
served on the board of BASIX Sub-K iTransactions Ltd., a micro
payments company in India.
Hank Uberoi,Chief Executive Officer of Earthport plc, commented:
"We are thrilled to have a person with Sajeev's background,
experience and detailed understanding of the cross-border payments
world join our senior management team. He will add significantly to
our ability to accelerate Earthport's growth and further product
development to serve the needs of our global clients."
For further information, please contact:
Earthport plc
Hank Uberoi 020 7220 9700
Charles Stanley Securities
Mark Taylor / Paul Brotherhood 020 7149 6000
Panmure Gordon
Fred Walsh 020 7886 2500
Newgate Threadneedle
Fiona Conroy / Caroline Forde / Josh Royston
/ Jasper Randall 020 7653 9850
About Earthport
Earthport plc, a regulated global financial services
organisation, specialises in the provision of a white label
cross-border payments service.
Through its innovative payments framework, specifically designed
for high volumes of low value cross-border payments, Earthport
provides a cost-effective and transparent service for secure
international payments. Earthport's clients include banks, money
transfer organisations, payment aggregators, e-commerce businesses
and foreign exchange businesses. Through Earthport's well
established payments infrastructure, clients can clear and settle
payments directly to banked beneficiaries in 60 countries.
The company is headquartered in London and is listed on the
Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange.
It operates globally with additional regional offices in Dubai and
New York. Earthport plc is authorised and regulated by the
Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Service Regulations
2009 for the provision of payment services. To learn more, please
visit www.earthport.com and follow us via RSS or on social
channels, Twitter @Earthport, LinkedIn, Youtube and Slideshare.
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