Adds mobile, financial and security expertise to Advisory Board
London/November 21: Ensygnia, the mobile payments company backed by Telefonica’s technology start-up accelerator Wayra, today announced the first round of appointments to its Advisory Board.
Announcing the appointments, Chairman of the Advisory Board, Neira Jones – a partner with Accourt and former Director of Payment Security and Fraud for Barclaycard said: “We are looking to create a robust and experienced Advisory Board for Ensygnia. These first eight members meet all our requirements bringing business and entrepreneurial expertise from across key areas of our business.”
The first eight members appointed to the Board are Mark Adey (Telefonica), Elaine Deste (Telefonica), Stuart Hillston (Constellation Capital), Caroline Gorski (Telefonica) Phillip McGriskin (WorldPay), Stuart Neal (Boku), Ben Nicholson (Royal Bank of Scotland), and Stanley Skoglund (Credorax).
Ensygnia CEO and co-Founder, Richard H Harris welcomed the appointments and said they were further evidence of the traction that the company is getting in the market.
“The quality of the individuals and organisations represented on our Advisory Board speaks volumes,” he said. “We are gathering momentum all the time, assembling and expanding a rich group of partners, winning awards and industry recognition, extending our patent portfolio, and readying for commercial launch. These are exciting times for us in a market that is readying for explosive growth in 2014.”
