London, United Kingdom - June 5, 2014, London, United Kingdom - Monitise plc, a mobile payment provider, announces a series of updates to its executive leadership team and board of directors.
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Former Visa Inc. payments executive Elizabeth Buse has been appointed co-Chief Executive of Monitise Group.
Ms. Buse also joins the Company’s Board of Directors. Ms. Buse was a member of the Monitise Board from July 2010 to October 2012.
Her appointment comes after she stepped down from her role running international operations at Visa Inc. in March 2014 as Executive Vice President of Solutions.
She joined Visa Inc. in 1998 and during her time there held roles including Group President of Asia Pacific, Central Europe, Middle East and Africa, Global Head of Product, Executive Vice President of Product Development and Management and Executive Vice President of Emerging Markets & Technologies.
Prior to joining Visa in 1998, Ms. Buse served as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for the Electronic Funds Division of First Data Corp.
She has served as a Director at International Museum of Women and was also a Director of Artio Global Investors Inc. from September 2009 to January 29, 2013.
Ms. Buse holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Haas School at the University of California Berkeley, is a Graduate Fellow in Spanish Linguistics at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree (BA) in Spanish Linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Monitise also announces that two new Non-Executive Directors have been appointed to the Group’s Board: Amanda Burton and Paulette Garafalo.
Ms. Burton has been Global Chief Operating Officer at Clifford Chance LLP, since 2010.
Ms. Burton was appointed to the Board of Galliford Try Plc in July 2005 as Independent Non-Executive Director and has been Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee since 2008.
She was previously a Non-Executive Director of Fresca Group Limited and a Director of Meyer International plc and Chairman of its Timber Group. She is also a Trustee of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.
Ms. Garafalo has been President of Brooks Brothers international, wholesale and manufacturing since 2010, where she has been responsible for developing a global retail business. ■