Global payments firm appoints MD Commercial, Australia & New Zealand

Global payments firm Verrency has announced the appointment of international payments executive Jeroen van Son as its new managing director, commercial, Australia & New Zealand.

In this role, van Son will oversee all commercial, revenue-generating and client-related activities across Australia and New Zealand, including client management, business development, and go-to-market strategies across various vertical markets, the firm said.

Van Son has two decades of senior experience in payments and financial services across Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, most recently as managing director for Australia and New Zealand at Cred, a global fintech and consumer finance provider. He has also served as GM commercial at Virgin Australia / Velocity, head of financial innovation APAC at PayPal, CEO Hong Kong & Macau at MasterCard, and GM consumer finance at Westpac.

In welcoming him to the team, Verrency CEO David Link said: "[Mr van Son's] extensive experience in payments and financial services, strong track record of developing foundational and enduring relationships, and leading high-performance teams make him a natural fit for what we are building at Verrency."

Van Son added that he was "delighted to be joining Verrency at an extremely exciting time in the company's development."