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Board of Directors

Philippe Lazare
Chairman

Mr Lazare joined Ingenico from Groupe la Poste where he has been a Deputy Managing Director, Managing Director of its retail network and territorial development, and Chairman and CEO of the La Poste’s real estate portfolio, Poste Immo. He joined La Poste in 2003 as director in charge of purchasing, property and cost control and has been a member of the group's executive committee since 2004.
He was previously CEO of Eurotunnel SA (2001-2002) and Managing Director of Lucien Barriere, the luxury hotel, restaurant and casino group (1998-2000).
At Groupe Air France (1994-1998) he was Deputy Managing Director of its Industrial Logistics division that includes Air France Maintenance, Air France Industries and Group Purchasing. He was Chairman of SERVAIR, the group’s catering, cleaning, and airport services subsidiary.
He joined the board of Ingenico in February 2005 and has been Chairman of the Audit.

 

Eric Barbier
CEO - Managing Director

After witnessing the popularity in Europe of payphones and calling cards among African and east European foreign workers, Eric realized that these specific populations desperately needed  better tailored mobile solutions.
Before TransferTo, Eric co-founded Mobile 365, the global leader in mobile messaging interoperability, delivery and settlement of SMS and MMS content. He was successively the Chief Technology Officer and the Vice President of the Person to Person Business Unit. Mobile 365 was acquired by Sybase in 2006 (for 425 M USD).

 

 

Vince Tallent
Director
Vince is Executive Vice President APAC at Ingenico. Prior to that Vince was Ingenico’s Group Chief Corporate Development & Strategy Officer. Vince was previously CFO and Executive Board Member of Mach Group. He spent the last fourteen years within the telecommunications, media & technology industry, being a key member of several senior management teams to help create and deliver value to shareholders.
Vince has a BA (Hons) degree in Accounting & Finance, is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant and has an MBA from Kingston Business School in London.

Management Team

Bruno Coindre
Chief Operating Officer

15 years experience in telecoms. Various positions at Alcatel, De La Rue. Co founder of Mobile 365, VP Operations at Sybase 365. Bruno holds an Engineering degree from Ecole Centrale d’Electronique, Paris.

Bruno Premartin
Chief Technology Officer
5 years experience in telecoms. Bruno heads up TransferTo’s  Technical Department. He joined TransferTo from the early days. Bruno holds an Engineering degree from the University of Technology of Compiègne in computer science specialized in system administration, networking, and security.
 
Erik Van Thielen
VP Marketing & Business Development

11 years experience gained at Oberthur Card Systems  and various roles at Sybase 365 including EMEA carrier  relations management and more recently Country Manager South Africa. He holds an LLM from the Universities of Cologne and Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne.

David Macquart
VP Business Development APAC

10 years experience in financial services and non profit management. Prior to TransferTo David was Business Development Manager at Canrim Ventures. He co-founded and is currently a Director at Global Nomads Group. David holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Aik Boon Tan
Area Manager Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan

16 years experience in telecoms including positions at Telshine, Edgecomms. Aik Boon holds an engineering degree from Monash University and an MBA from Maastricht School of Management.

Luis Brouillet
VP Business Development Latin America

10 years of experience in  deploying tech-based companies in the Latin American region. Luis possesses vast experience in cross-cultural marketing  and international business development. Luis holds a degree in International Commerce and International Relations from Concordia University.

Gilberto Arredondo
VP Business Development Europe

16 years in Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Asia and the U.S. with companies such as Millicom, Celtel and Optima Wireless developing and driving commercial programs.

Suraj Vaghani
VP Middle East & East Africa

With a wealth of experience within the remittance and global agent network space, Suraj has extensive business development, CRM and international trading skills gained in previous high-profile roles which include Business Development Director, UK and Ireland, for Western Union super agent, UK Country Manager for Travelex & Coinstar Inc. and more recently Business Development Director for Mi-Pay Limited. Suraj holds a BSc Honours in Management Science.

Riccardo Vallaro
VP Business Development Africa

Riccardo has 10 years of experience in the telco industry. Working with various organisations in Europe, Africa and Asia. Riccardo has had various management positions from General Manager to COO at varying companies in the telecommunications space. Riccardo has spent the last 3 years as Director of African Sales for Sybase 365 focusing on Person 2 Person messaging service with operator and application 2 person messaging services with various industries.