11th Jul 2012 07:00
11 July 2012
Earthport plc ("Earthport" or "Company")
Directorate Change
Earthport, the cross-border payments service provider, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mohit Davar as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.
Mohit (42) has over 16 years of experience in the payments sector. He has extensive hands on experience of setting up and leading global teams and operations and managing relationships with banks/financial institutions and regulators at the senior most level. He has been involved in two significant start-ups in the money transfer industry, firstly in 1997 he helped form the Joint Venture between MoneyGram and Thomas Cook and took the position of CFO and then went on to become the CEO until 2003, when this was sold back to MoneyGram. He then set up Travelex Money Transfer in 2003, which was acquired by Coinstar Inc. in May 2006. Mohit then went on to create another successful global money transfer company which was recently sold to Sigue Corporation in June 2011. Mohit is now on the Board/adviser to various payment companies.
Prior to MoneyGram he worked at Thomas Cook Corporate Finance and Sedgwick Plc.
Mohit is also the Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the International Association of Money Transfer Networks. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
Mohit Davar, Non-Executive Director said:
"I am delighted to be joining Earthport at an exciting time in its evolution, and look forward to assisting the Board and Management Team in building Earthport's business globally."
Phil Hickman, Non-Executive Chairman of Earthport said:
"We are pleased to welcome Mohit to the Board. His breadth and depth of experience in the payments arena will be invaluable. Mohit is industry recognized and a strong addition to the Board."
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For further information, please contact:
Earthport plc Hank Uberoi / Zafar Karim | 020 7220 9700 |
Panmure Gordon Katherine Roe | 020 7459 3600 |
Charles Stanley Securities Mark Taylor / Paul Brotherhood / Darren Vickers | 020 7149 6000 |
FTI Consulting Jonathon Brill / Alex Beagley | 020 7831 3113 |
Current Directorships
T&J Strategic Advisory Services LLC
EastNets Holdings Ltd
EastNets Remittance Company Limited
MSB Settlement Services Limited
Previous Directorships in the last five years
Coinstar Money Transfer Ltd
Coinstar EPayment Services Inc.
Coinstar UK Holdings Ltd
GroupEx Financial Corporation
Coinstar Money Transfer (HK) Ltd
Coinstar Eurasia Ltd
Coinstar Austria Ltd
Coinstar Money Transfer (Spain) Ltd
Coinstar e-Payment Systems Inc
GroupEx Inc.
Mohit Davar has been awarded 750,000 options with an exercise price of 25p which vest over two and a half years. In addition to his Non-Executive Director duties, Mohit will, as a consultant to the business, actively support the Management Team.
Save for the above, there is no further information that is required to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies, with respect to the appointment Mohit Davar.
About Earthport
Earthport plc, a regulated global financial services organisation, specialises in the provision of a white label cross-border payments service.
Through its innovative payments framework, specifically designed for high volumes of low value cross-border payments, Earthport provides a cost-effective and transparent service for secure international payments. Earthport's clients include banks, foreign exchange businesses, money transfer organisations, payment aggregators and e-commerce businesses. Through Earthport's well established payments infrastructure, clients can clear and settle payments directly to banked beneficiaries in over 50 countries.
The company is headquartered in London and is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange. It operates globally with additional regional offices in Dubai and New York. Earthport plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority under the Payment Service Regulations 2009 for the provision of payment services.To learn more, please visit www.earthport.com and follow us on Twitter @Earthport.
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