Senior Director, Business Development, Americas

Senior commercial leader with experience in GTM, product, and strategy in payments, fintech, and web3. Certified Payments & Fraud Prevention Professional. Secure tier-1 strategic partnerships at Circle, the open platform for programmable money that issues USDC and EURC. Previously led partnerships at Immutable — a US$2.5B scale-up for we3 payments. Led a global partnerships team to secure C-level strategic partners, negotiate global licensing deals, and build a 0-1 scaled partner program (100+ partners in <12 months). Previously VP Strategy at Openpay. Led market entry, global restructure, and M&A for an ASX-listed "buy now pay later" fintech. Previously VP, Product and Engineering at Mastercard APAC. Mastercard's first Head of Installments globally. Owned the APAC P&L and GTM for digital payments products, leading installments (BNPL), push payments (Send), open banking, cross-border, and more. Secured strategic partnerships with issuers, PSPs, acquirers, and fintechs (including large-scale equity investments) to drive net new flows to the network. Prior roles include enterprise SaaS sales (11x exit), startup acceleration (Techstars), venture capital, and GTM strategy consulting (Monitor Deloitte). MBA from Chicago Booth. Master's Degree from Auckland Law. Bachelors of Arts and Science from Valparaiso University. Father of three minions.