Groupon has appointed Dusan Senkypl as interim CEO to lead the company’s transformation strategy. Senkypl is a co-founder of private equity investment group Pale Fire Capital and a member of the Groupon board of directors. Effective immediately, he succeeds Kedar Deshpande, who has stepped down...
Financial messaging system Swift has chosen a new leader for its board. Graeme Munro, a 30-year veteran of J.P. Morgan Chase, has been elected non-executive chair of the Swift board of directors, the company said in a Thursday (March 30) news release. Meanwhile, Samantha Emery...
FLEETCOR Technologies has appointed Tom Panther as chief financial officer (CFO), effective May 12. Panther most recently served as CFO at EVO Payments before its acquisition by Global Payments. Prior to that, he served in several leadership roles during 20 years at SunTrust Banks after...
Locked in competition with Uber, which controls roughly 74% of the U.S. rideshare market, Lyft is changing leadership by appointing a new CEO as the company faces a difficult ride from a distant No. 2. In a Monday (March 27) blog post, Lyft confirmed that...
Restaurant automation firm Presto is seeking a new chief executive. The company announced Monday (March 27) that founder and CEO Rajat Suri had resigned after 15 years helming the firm. Replacing him in the interim is Krishna Gupta, Presto’s chairman and the company’s first investor....
Payments terminal firm Ingenico has a new chief executive. Laurent Blanchard, former chief operating officer of the POS platform company Cegid, will become Ingenico’s CEO on April 3, the company announced Tuesday (March 14). “Laurent is an experienced global executive with an impressive 25-year track...
Banking giant Truist has appointed a new CEO for its corporate/investment banking arm. Tom Hackett, currently serving as chief operating officer of Truist Securities, will become CEO beginning March 31, the company announced Monday (March 13). He replaces John Gregg, who is set to retire,...
Six months after taking a health-related leave of absence, PayPal’s CFO is stepping down. Blake Jorgensen, who became the company’s chief financial officer last year, resigned from that position Tuesday (March 7), PayPal said in a news release. The company had announced in September that...
Versapay has appointed a former PayPal and Citi Fintech executive as its new CEO. Carey O’Connor Kolaja is taking over the operations and strategic direction of the accounts receivable (AR) provider, Versapay said in a Tuesday (March 7) news release. She will replace Craig O’Neill,...
