Cards, Payments and Financial Technologies Recruitment
We are a truly unique search firm within Payments, as our team consists entirely of experienced executive payment professionals from within the industry itself - making us uniquely positioned across the payments ecosystem to specialise in those hard-to-fill vacancies throughout Europe! We provide custom recruitment services with a commitment to excellence offering Interim, Contingent, Retained and Embedded recruitment solutions at a far more cost effective rate than traditional recruitment agencies.
Today, TPN Recruitment is one of Europe's leading Cards and Payments specialist recruitment partners for identifying, engaging ,and appointing specialist talent.
Associates
Roger Alexander
After 50 years Roger is acknowledged as an industry expert in the payments industry having represented Barclays, Elavon and the UK on numerous card scheme advisory groups around the world during his Executive career. Originally, he worked at Barclays as a computer programmer before transferring to Barclaycard where he worked in a variety of roles for over 20 years. He was a Director of Barclaycard and MD of Barclays’ Emerging Markets Group (EMG) for the last 6 years and responsible for many groundbreaking developments in the early stages of the internet, smart cards and security. Roger left Barclays in 2000 and after a short period as a Partner with Edgar Dunn, an American Consultancy, he joined Switch (the UK’s Debit Card scheme) as their CEO. Subsequently, he joined Elavon (aka Euroconnex) as President and CEO of Europe with a remit to consolidate the multiple acquisitions which had just taken place. In 2008 he was recognised by the Industry when he was awarded the ‘Cards Personality of the Year’ at the UK Card Awards. Roger has enjoyed a successful portfolio career since leaving Barclaycard having held NED roles on Boards on both sides of the Atlantic and across Europe. They have included Public and Privately held businesses as well as start-ups. He frequently chairs and speaks at Industry Conferences around the world and continues to be active with all areas of the media. Roger also acts as a mentor and is the Chair of Judges for the Card and Payments Awards (TCPA). Currently the portfolio includes the Pennies’ Payments Advisory Board, Tarci and Chargebacks 911.
Adrian Scott
Adrian, holds 34 Years of Financial Services and Banking experience, covering start ups, through established corporations. Before joining the Executive Management Board of Axactor and Nagelmackers, Adrian spent 10 years as Managing Director at Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for their Global Collections, NPL debt sale and recoveries business. Before this, he had tenures with several large financial institutions including Barclaycard and Citibank. At Barclaycard he was a member of the U.K. Credit Cards Exco, whilst at Citibank he was responsible for multiple sales verticals. More recently, Adrian’s path developed into specialist recruitment where he utilizes his network and experience to find suitable candidates across several specialist areas. This perfectly positions him to support TPN in our overseas recruitment campaigns. Our MD, David Earles added “I am excited that Adrian has joined the TPN team. Adrian is well positioned to spearhead our ever-increasing international business and signifies another milestone in our growth strategy. Having worked with Adrian now for some time, he is a great guy, who’s integrity and transparency is second to none! He has an impressive track record in Executive Recruitment and I’m hugely excited for the future”
Bill Brown
A skilled Managing/Sales Director with more than 35 years’ experience in the Financial Services sector including Senior Management and Directorship positions in the Finance, Banking and Retail Sales trades. Bill Has been responsible for the setting up and running of successful Consumer Finance/Insurance/Debt Management Companies. His roles include Country Director of Western Union UK & Ireland, annual turnover in excess of £2.3bn., managing an Agent network in excess of 12,000 locations. Prior to that was CEO and Regional Director for Sigue Global Services covering UK, Ireland and Scandinavia. In early career he worked in the Card sector as Head of Sales for GE Capital CGF providing Store Card solution to the UK retail sector, with Clients such as Dixons/Currys, House of Fraser, Harrods etc. Also recently worked as MD for a Global Money Transfer business based in China, which was looking to establish a presence in the UK. The business also had operations in the U.S. and Brazil. Worked closely with the FCA to take the business through the licencing approval process. Recruited senior employees for the business which included initiating and managing the sponsorship process for non-UK nationals. Recent roles include Head of Commercial and Retail Product for a niche Mayfair based Bank and also most recently working on a part time advisory basis with start-up businesses in the money transfer sector.
Richard Davies
Richard (Dicky) Davies has over 35 years’ experience in Financial Services. He started his career with periods working as a Strategy Consultant with the LEK Partnership and Merchant Banking with BZW, followed by a career in Finance/Business Development with Barclaycard (in the UK and overseas, and with the Barclaycard/Nomura JV ShopSmart), Visa Europe and the PE backed Lowell Group based in Leeds/Weybridge. In 2017 he retired from Executive responsibilities with Lowell, where he was Business Development Director for over 7 years, to take up some Non-Executive roles and spend more time with his family. He took up a couple of NED positions (specialist recruitment firm TPN Recruitment where he is now Chair, and credit management company Qualco UK) before being enticed back to executive responsibilities through being one of the founders of Tower Street Finance, the pioneer in Probate Lending in the UK, in 2019. He left Tower Street in April 2023 and took on another NED role at Property Solutions Group, the specialist Probate property management company in January 2024.
Specialisms
Positions we recruit for...
Executive and Leadership | Sales and Business Development | Product | Marketing | Operations | Legal, Regulatory and Compliance | Strategy, Transformation and Change | Project and Programme Management | Implementation and Integration | Commercial and Financial | Engineering | Customer Success |
Organisations we recruit for...
Banks | Fintechs | Card Issuers | Payment and System Operators | Payment Gateways | Card Acquirers | Regulatory Bodies | Loyalty and Reward | POS Providers | Payment Service Providers | Card Schemes | Payment Processors | eCommerce Platforms | Mobile Payments and Banking | ISO's | Electronic Money Institutes | Credit Institutions | Data Houses
As well as offering the latest positions with leading household names and fintech disruptors we are always on hand to offer you career advice and market knowledge. We are dedicated to building long-term relationships with Candidates. This is reflected in our commitment to ‘added value’. Our reputation for candidate support and proactive career assistance is renowned throughout the world of recruitment. We are committed to providing support and guidance to our candidates through good times and bad. This support includes topics such as:
- CV Development
- Interview Coaching/Preparation
- Career Coaching & Management
- Outplacement Services
Clients
Est 2001,TPN Recruitment Solutions provides Executive recruitment services to the cards, payments and fintech sector across Europe.
We have placed candidates within C' Suite positions for some of the biggest brands in the industry and are known for our professionalism and specialist permanent, contract and interim candidate network.
How we work...
We are a boutique agency who confidently work the full range of management salary bands within our chosen sector. Due to our size we have the luxury of providing flexible solutions tailored to your needs. We work with our clients across a number of recruitment solutions including contingent, embedded and interim services. The candidate attraction process has changed in the evolving digital world. We have developed and enhanced our methodology to ensure our clients feel confident that we are able to deliver a FULL market exploration and pinpoint the best talent in the open market as well as extracting and introducing passive seekers to the process. Due to our extensive knowledge in the sector we have put together a comprehensive process that is sure to deliver the results you want!
Added Value Services
As well assisting you with your recruitment projects we are always hand to have an informal chat about challenges within the industry and offer value added service on the following topics: Salary Benchmarking | Research & Market Intelligence | Talent pooling | Competitor Analysis | Psychometric Testing | Managed Advertising Selection| Visa Application Support | Payroll Facility | Financial/ Credit checks | Application Support
Diversity and Inclusion
TPN Recruitment truly believe and understand that hiring decisions should be made on capability, and skillsets and not on gender, disability, ethnic origin, sexuality, age, social background or religious beliefs. We also believe that diverse teams are more successful, something which has been supported by numerous studies. Unfortunately, for a number of reasons, many companies still fall short when hiring and retaining diverse candidates. TPN Recruitment does not tolerate discrimination. We are committed to being part of the necessary change needed both internally and externally. When it comes to diversity and inclusion in business, TPN Recruitment set clear and measurable targets for diversity to support goals and drive the agenda.
Jobs
Testimonials
Dave has an in-depth knowledge of the payments/digital landscape and is well connected. I have enjoyed working with Dave who has helped me and coached me for my roles. He has both a friendly and professional approach to his business. I would highly recommend Dave for his services.
Paul ProdrickBusiness Development Director - Lloyds Bank Steph was the recruiter for my latest role.
From start to finish, she showed brilliant professionalism coupled with a personable approach.
The communication style and methods as a candidate was spot on - whether a call or even text depending on the urgency.
Steph also understands what she is recruiting for and has the vacancies she was advertising for. Payments is a hard space to understand but she has clearly built enough knowledge up to know the differences and the needs of both clients and candidates whilst also being honest with her candidates.
Matt SeniorPartner Commercialisation Manager - Cashflows Having worked with David and the team at TPN as both an employer / hiring manager and a candidate I have always been struck by his professional approach, strategic thinking & leadership and strength of network across the Payments industry. Be that in sourcing highly skilled, credible and specific role relevant candidates to identifying un-advertised senior roles within Payments based on his personal and professional network.
I would not hesitate to recommend David and the TPN team for Payments businesses who are looking to recruit / attract high calibre talent into their organisations. Or for candidates who are looking for a true and supportive partnership in the search for their next career move.
Marc MatthewsRegional Manager - UK, Ireland and Nordics, Small World Financial ServicesContact
- Unit 10, Mobbs Miller House, Abington Road, Northampton, UK
- +44-01604 766851
- david.earles@tpn.co.uk
- Monday to Friday 08:30 - 17:30
