Worldpay Group PLC Worldpay US Executive Appointment (1034L)
28 September 2016 - 11:30PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 1034L
Worldpay Group PLC
28 September 2016
Kim Crawford Goodman Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of
Worldpay US
28 September 2016 - Worldpay is pleased to announce that Kim
Crawford Goodman is to join the Group on 7 November 2016 to become
CEO of Worldpay US. After a handover period, she will succeed
Floris de Kort who has decided to leave the Group at the end of
this year.
During Kim's 25 year career she has held senior positions in
financial services and technology companies, including most
recently at American Express where she ran its Merchant Services
Americas business before becoming President of Global Business
Travel. Kim has also held a number of executive positions at Dell
Inc. and Bain & Company, and she currently holds board
positions at Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) and Charter Communications
(NASDAQ: CHTR).
Philip Jansen, Chief Executive Officer of Worldpay Group, said:
"Kim is a highly accomplished leader and brings with her a wealth
of skills and experience that will take us to the next stage of our
strategic development in the US."
"I would like to thank Floris for his significant contribution
to our Global eCom division and more recently to our US business.
Floris leaves with our very best wishes for the future."
Kim Crawford Goodman said: "I'm delighted to be joining Worldpay
at such an exciting time for the company, and with excellent
opportunities for growth in the US. I've been hugely impressed by
the management team, who share my passion and enthusiasm, and I
look forward to driving the US business forward."
-ENDS-
For more information please contact:
Worldpay Group plc Email Telephone
Charles King, Investor +44 (0) 203
Relations Director Charles.King@Worldpay.com 664 6171
Claire Hardy, Head of +44 (0) 203
External Communications Claire.Hardy@Worldpay.com 664 4902
Finsbury
James Murgatroyd, Andrew +44 (0) 207
Hughes Worldpay@Finsbury.com 251 3801
Kim Crawford Goodman biography
Kim Crawford Goodman has more than 25 years of experience in
driving growth, leading innovation, and delivering breakthrough
business performance across multiple industries, including
financial services and technology companies. Most recently she was
president of American Express' Global Business Travel and president
of Merchant Services Americas. Prior to joining Amex in 2007, she
held executive positions at Dell Inc. including vice president of
Software and Peripherals, vice president of Public Marketing and
Transactional Sales, and vice president and general manager of Dell
Networking.
Kim began her career at Bain & Company where she served as
Partner, Manager and a Consultant. Kim holds board positions at
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) and Charter
Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR).
Kim is a US citizen and holds an MBA from Harvard Business
School and a BA Political Science and MSc Industrial Engineering
from Stanford University.
About Worldpay Group plc
Worldpay (LSE: WPG) is a leader in global payments. We provide
an extensive range of technology-led payment products and services
to over 400,000 customers, enabling their businesses to grow and
prosper. We manage the increasing complexity of the payments
landscape for our customers, allowing them to accept the widest
range of payment types around the world. Using our network and
technology, we are able to process payments from geographies
covering 99% of global GDP, across 146 countries and 126
currencies. We help our customers to accept more than 300 different
payment types.
http://investors.worldpay.com/
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