By: 1 March 2023

The three new members will serve on the board as non-executive directors.

Global Processing Services (GPS), a payments platform provider, has appointed Paulette Rowe, Shane Happach, and Lynn McCreary as independent non-executive directors. 

Rowe was previously chief executive officer of Paysafe’s integrated and ecommerce solutions division. 

Prior to Paysafe, Rowe worked at Facebook, Barclaycard and the Royal Bank of Scotland.  

Happach was recently named chief executive officer of Singapore-based fintech Coda Payments. He previously worked for payments fintech Mollie. 

McCreary worked at financial services and payments firm Fiserv, as chief legal officer, and is currently chief legal officer of Sportradar. 

Gene Lockhart, chair of GPS, commented: “Paulette, Shane and Lynn bring a wealth of experience to our board and will support our team to capitalise on the enormous potential for disruption in the issuer processing space. 

 “GPS is committed to investing for the long-term to support our clients in accelerating innovation, diversifying product capabilities and facilitating new payments programmes worldwide.”  

The UK-headquartered company, founded in 2007, also recently announced Jim McCarthy as executive vice president of global product and sales, Kevin Fox as chief revenue officer, and Jeff Burns as chief financial officer.  

Image: GPS  

Josh Poyser
Josh Poyser is an editor at FinTech Intel. He has written about fintech for several years and appeared at FinTech Connect 2023 on the 'Unlocking Success: The Art of Fintech PR' panel.