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.

Peter Fortune
Chairman

Peter leads the TPS board on its’ strategy and corporate governance. Peter is one of the UK’s leading corporate payment market entrepreneurs and has enjoyed success building private venture backed and public businesses. As CEO of Checkpoint Holdings he grew the business to UK market leadership with over 10,000 corporate customers before its sale for £65 million. As COO of Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ EPAY) he was instrumental in developing its global market leadership in corporate payments and a market capitalisation of nearly $500 million. Peter is a recognised visionary in the corporate payment and cash management market space who has brought to market innovations that have both revolutionised and simplified the way businesses make payments.

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.