Directors

Fundamental to the success and continued growth of the company, TransGlobal’s Director team is assembled from among the most experienced in the industry.

Gareth Jones
Chairman (Non-executive)

Gareth brings significant market knowledge built up after years of experience in European financial markets. During his time at Abbey National as Executive Director and Managing Director of Wholesale Banking, Gareth was exposed to transactions covering the whole range of the asset-backed market. He built in 13 years a business making annual profits of £500mn+. In addition to his market knowledge Gareth brings a breadth of financial and management experience from his roles as Treasurer of Conoco and Redland. Gareth is currently Non-Executive Director of Prytania Group (Prytania Investment Advisors LLP), a group of global companies focused on the debt advisory and asset management. He is chairman of Paterson Enterprises a leading UK lubricant manufacturer. Gareth is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Fellow and former Chairman of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Warren Whyte FFin
Group Managing Director

Warren is responsible for implementing the board’s strategy and leads TransGlobal’s commitment to delivering solutions that enable customers to derive value from their investment in our services. With over 25 years experience gained in the foreign exchange & global payments industry, he has successfully managed high growth organizations to year on year profitability in the UK, Italy, Australia and New Zealand. In addition, Warren has vast experience of building organizations from start-up to sustainable businesses within a short space of time and providing security for its customers and employees.

He was previously an Executive and Managing Director of Custom House, a global foreign exchange company, where he established and built their UK & European organisation into a substantial and successful business. Before this he was Sales Director of Travelex Global Payments and Regional Business Development Director for Thomas Cook Corporate Foreign Exchange in Asia Pacific. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.

Ian Wheeler
Group Sales & Marketing Director

Ian is responsible for the company’s strategic direction of sales, channel and brand/product development. He leads a team of sales & marketing professionals which specialises in providing payment & collections services to SME, Corporate and Public Sector customers.

Previously he was UK Sales & Marketing Director of Custom House and prior to that held a number of sales management positions at Bottomline Technlogies (NASDAQ:EPAY). Ian began his career at Sears plc were early on he was given leadership and people management responsibilities before moving to Stylo plc.

Ian has vast business development, commercial, marketing and management experience. He has gained an extensive knowledge of companies’ payments and cash management practices being involved in this market for many years. He is widely recognised as an innovator who has challenged conventional and traditional banking methodologies in the business-to-business market.

Neil Kinnon
Group Operations Director

Neil is responsible for the day-to-day operations, trading and cash management functions of the business. He leads a team who provide a proactive service with market information that helps customers make a more informed decision when making their international or domestic payments & collections.

Previously he was UK Operations Director of Custom House where he helped build their organisation into a profitable and successful business. Prior to this Neil held a number of dealing management positions at Travelex. He began his career with Westpac Banking Corporation in New Zealand where he developed a comprehensive knowledge of foreign exchange & payment processes, currency trading and customer service needs before moving to the UK.

With several years of banking and financial services experience Neil offers extensive knowledge of foreign exchange, payments & cash management best practice to TransGlobal’s customers.