Boku Inc Appointment of Non-Executive Director (0640X)
17 Diciembre 2019 - 1:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 0640X
Boku Inc
17 December 2019
Boku, Inc.
("Boku" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries,
the "Group")
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Boku (AIM: BOKU), the world's leading independent direct carrier
commerce company, is pleased to announce that Stewart Roberts will
join the Company from 1 January 2020 as an independent
Non-Executive Director. He will also chair the Company's audit
committee and be a member of the remuneration committee.
Stewart has over 30 years of experience in payments, banking and
technology, across both start-ups and institutional employers and
is a recognised payments industry expert in both the traditional
and emerging payments space, as well as the mobile application
sector. Stewart had previous roles as Global Director of Innovation
for Barclaycard and Head of International - Merchant Services for
the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. More recently, Stewart was CFO
and then Executive Vice President of iZettle AB and was a key
member of the team that agreed the sale of iZettle to PayPal in May
2018 for US$2.2 billion.
Jon Prideaux, Boku CEO, commented: "We are delighted to welcome
Stewart to the Boku Board. He brings very valuable experience and
an in-depth knowledge of the global payments sector to the Company,
which will further strengthen the Board. I and my fellow Board
members look forward to working with him as we continue to execute
our growth strategy."
Enquiries:
Boku, Inc.
Jon Prideaux, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0)20 3934
Keith Butcher, Chief Financial Officer 6630
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and
Broker)
Edward Knight / Nick Prowting / Christopher +44 (0)20 7418
Golden 8900
IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR
& IR)
Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring / Florence
Chandler +44 (0)20 3934 6630
Notes to Editors
Incorporated in 2008, Boku is the world's leading independent
carrier commerce company. Boku's Platform, which is linked to
billing, identity and sales systems of more than 170 mobile network
operators, simplifies transacting on mobile devices.
Boku's Payment products enable mobile phone users, of which
there are more than five billion worldwide, to buy goods and
services and charge them to their mobile phone bill or pre-pay
balance. Its Identity Products are used to verify user details.
Companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, PayPal, Spotify,
Square, Sony and Western Union use Boku to simplify sign-up,
acquire new paying users and prevent fraud.
Appendix
The following information is disclosed under AIM Rule 17 and
Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:
Stewart Frank Roberts (aged 57 years).
Current directorships or partnerships:
iZettle Capital AB (due to leave the Board before 1 January
2020)
iZettle Marketing Germany GmbH (due to leave the Board before 1
January 2020)
Previous directorships or partnerships held in the past five
years:
iZettle Merchant Services AB
iZettle do Brasil Meios de Pagamentos Ltd
No further information is required to be disclosed under AIM
Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for
Companies.
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