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Jesse is a serial entrepreneur, his previous ventures in e-commerce and gaming were successfully acquired by global media giants Naspers and Sportradar respectively.
Jesse Hemson-Struthers
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Don has extensive experience in enterprise grade systems and blockchain technology. Previously founded Cue, a bootstrapped customer engagement platform, and Verity, a fraud reduction service.
Donald Jackson
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Emma has over a decade of experience leading marketing teams in the fintech industry. Previously led TrueLayer’s marketing team as it grew to a $1bn+ company.
Emma Mayer
Chief Marketing Officer
Darran has significant experience leading finance teams for publicly listed companies including Ebury, Marks and Spencer, and Tesco.
Darran Pienaar
CEO Malta
Chris is a chartered financial analyst, experienced FX trader, and was previously a partner at a macro/crypto fund before co-founding BVNK.
Chris Harmse
Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer
Philip has spent the past 20 years of his career leading fraud and compliance at Revolut, Visa, ClearBank, and Zepz.
Phil Doyle
Chief Compliance Officer
Tina has over a decade of experience working for leading payment companies, previously acting as Deputy General Counsel for Clearbank.
Tina Meschino
General Counsel
Ian is an established leader, previously heading up the Customer team at Currencycloud (acquired by Visa in 2021) for 8 years.
Ian Beth
Chief Commercial Officer
Natasha began her career in Investment Banking and has since gained experience across debt, corporate finance, and investments. Prior to joining BVNK, she was a transactor at JSE Listed investment fund, African Rainbow Capital.
Natasha Malola
Business Operations & Strategy
Nikita has spent the past 6 years building teams in the fintech industry, supporting BVNK's growth from 50 to 270 employees globally.
Nikita Knezovich
VP People & Talent
Amit is US CEO at BVNK, where he leads the company’s North American expansion. Previously CFO at BlockFi, he helped scale the company to $15 billion in AUM.
Amit Cheela
Chief Executive Officer US

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