Moneyhub, the market-leading data and payments platform is pleased to announce that Anne de Kerckhove will join the Company’s Board as Chair.
Anne is an experienced international executive with over 20 years leading some of the fastest-growing and scaling B2B and B2C technology, data, media, e-commerce and entertainment companies in Europe. She also has extensive Non-Executive Director experience of publicly quoted and private companies.
In addition Anne is an angel investor, mentor and Limited Partner in over 20 start-ups and entrepreneurial funds including CRE, Daphni, Andela, Flutterwave and Carlili. She is actively involved in promoting women, both on boards and within the technology industry, and is a speaker at business conferences and events. She is also a guest lecturer at INSEAD. Anne holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University and an MBA from INSEAD.
Anne worked as a banker in Canada and then a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in London before focusing her career on technology and innovation.
After a rigorous process, with over 250 applicants, Anne’s appointment brings additional strength to the Moneyhub board during a period of significant growth. It also means Moneyhub is incredibly privileged to have a female CEO, CFO and now Chair resulting in a board with a 60% female representation.
Rael (the outgoing Chair) has made an invaluable contribution over the last 6 years supporting Moneyhub through its expansion to date, including 3 fundraising rounds. We are delighted that Rael will continue as a Non-Executive Director on the Moneyhub board.
Samantha Seaton, CEO, Moneyhub comments: “We are delighted to welcome Anne to the Moneyhub team. Her experience, ethos and desire to ensure that open banking, open finance and open data is capitalised on as a force for good, chimes with everything we, as a business, stand for. Anne’s tenacity and experience are perfectly aligned to the drive we have at Moneyhub and her transparent approach will be well received by our team, our customers and the market. I would also like to thank Rael very much for his exceptional support in helping us get Moneyhub where we are today, a journey that couldn’t have happened without him.”
Anne de Kerckhove comments: “Moneyhub’s vision is both interesting and future forward. I truly enjoy nurturing stakeholder relations and creating a supportive and challenging board with both executive teams and shareholders. Moneyhub is uniquely fundamental to businesses where a data driven customer experience is required. As a result the market for Moneyhub is enormous and I am excited to help make the most of this opportunity.”