LONDON, February 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Paysafe announces that Oscar
Nieboer has been appointed as the Group's first Chief
Marketing Officer (CMO), joining the payment provider's executive
leadership team and reporting to Paysafe President and CEO
Joel Leonoff.
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Nieboer brings extensive experience in ecommerce, technology and
payments. He has worked both in the UK and Silicon Valley, holding
senior strategic roles with companies including Amazon, PayPal and
Betfair.
Leonoff said: "While our business with its growing portfolio of
payment products and services has been at the forefront of change
and innovation for many years, 2016 marked the first full year
under our new Paysafe brand identity. With our ongoing growth and
bold ambitions in the payments space, we welcome Oscar to the team
with great enthusiasm and anticipation as we take our business and
brand to the next level."
Before joining Paysafe, Nieboer was CMO at Amazon Instant Video,
an internet video on demand service developed, owned and operated
by Amazon. Prior to that, he was CMO at PayPal EMEA, responsible
for the company's EMEA marketing function and driving its B2B, B2C,
analytics and insights capabilities. Nieboer was previously Global
Marketing and Brand Director for five years at Betfair, a leading
global sports betting and gaming group, and also served as Managing
Director of Virgin Games.
Nieboer said: "This is an extremely exciting time for Paysafe
and the wider payments industry, which is rapidly growing and
changing. I am joining such a talented team on the back of an
exceptional year for the business. Paysafe has such a great culture
of innovation in payments and I look forward to driving the brand's
growth as we continue to help our customers and consumers benefit
from faster and simpler ways to send and receive money
internationally."
About Paysafe
Paysafe provides digital payments and transaction-related
solutions to businesses and consumers around the world. Paysafe is
redefining payments by enabling fast, convenient and secure ways to
pay before, pay now and pay later through its digital wallets,
prepaid solution, payment processing and card issuing, and
acquiring products and services. With two decades of experience,
Paysafe is trusted by merchants and consumers to move and manage
money through more than 100 payment types and 40 currencies.
Paysafe offers multi-platform products with an emphasis on emerging
payment technologies including mobile. Paysafe's brand portfolio
includes NETELLER® and Skrill®, MeritCard, paysafecard®,
payolution®, Income Access and FANS Entertainment. Paysafe Group
plc shares trade on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol
(PAYS.L). For more information,
visit: http://www.paysafe.com.
SOURCE Paysafe