Peter Burridge, NomuPay Group CEO
NomuPay, a Finch Capital funded company, today completed two transactions to acquire Wirecard Payment Solutions Malaysia and Wirecard Payment Solutions Hong Kong, and announced the appointment of Peter Burridge as Group Chief Executive Officer, to be based in Singapore.
The acquisitions and appointment are part of NomuPay’s high-level strategy to create a market-leading unified payments company focused on high-growth customer segments in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Europe.
NomuPay is in the process of closing several other transactions related to different Wirecard entities in the Philippines, Thailand and Turkey. Following these deals, NomuPay will be active in five countries, with access to markets of 300 million people and a GDP equal to that of India.
Peter Burridge joins NomuPay group as Chief Executive Officer with more than 30 years of management and leadership experience at rapid growth technology companies. He specialises in strategic management and global growth of financial technologies companies. Before joining NomuPay, Mr. Burridge was President of Hyperwallet, the leading payout platform for on-demand and collaborative economy companies, where he guided the organisation through a successful recapitalization, followed by global expansion and the ultimate sale of the business to PayPal. Peter has also previously served in leadership roles at Oracle, Siebel, and Travelex Global Business Payments.
Mr. Burridge will lead NomuPay’s team across the region in the areas of corporate and business development, market entry, establishment of operations, licensing and compliance.
Other new hires to complete the senior management team are being made. Owen Burke was appointed to the role of Finance Director, based in Dublin, Ireland.
Mr. Burridge says: “NomuPay is an innovator with the vision of transforming the payments landscape across Asia-Pacific and EMEA. The payments ecosystem has transformed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and merchants and financial players are committed to innovation. This provides us with a unique opportunity and we are committed to achieving growth alongside our clients by bringing the latest payments technology to market.”
Radboud Vlaar, Managing Partner of Finch Capital, comments: “We are very pleased with the first closings and very excited that Peter joins us as CEO. We are committed to supporting Peter and his team to provide the funding and help needed to accelerate the growth and establishment of the company in key markets.”
