10 CFOs in Payments
Payments CFOs based in seven countries, from the Netherlands and India to Sweden and Türkiye, make up this group, at Adyen, Razorpay, Moneris, Checkout.com, Verifone, Global Payments Inc., PAYONE, Stax Payments, Loomis Pay and iyzico. Two reached the CFO seat from another title inside their own company, and finance titles at American Express, Visa, Fiserv and FIS also appear, useful for a payments business planning margins, forecasting or a finance team build.
Professionals to explore
Arpit Chug
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Razorpay
Razorpay's Chief Financial Officer since 2019, Arpit Chug was CFO India (American Express Banking Corporation) at American Express from 2002 to 2019 and an Associate Investment Banking at CLSA from 2000 to 2002, which suits questions on payments finance in India from both a bank and a payments company.
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Christopher Dichiara
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Chief Financial Officer · Verifone
Since 2026, Christopher Dichiara has been EVP, Chief Financial Officer at Verifone, after SVP, CFO and Interim Regional Head (EMEA) there (2024-2026). At Fiserv, Dichiara was SVP finance, Global Business Solutions (2022-2024), SVP finance, Account Processing (2021-2022) and SVP, Financial Planning and Analysis (2018-2021), a fit for FP&A and regional finance questions.
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Corinna Valentine
LinkedInExperience: CFO and Managing Director · PAYONE
CFO and Managing Director at PAYONE since 2024, Corinna Valentine names financial business partnering, transparency and operational excellence as focus areas. At Fidelity International, Valentine was COO and CFO Germany (2019-2023), Head of Finance, Germany (2014-2019) and Global Head of Finance Risk Management and Transfer Pricing (2011-2014), useful for questions on moving from asset management finance into payments.
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Ethan Tandowsky
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Financial Officer · Adyen
Ethan Tandowsky was Chief Financial Officer at Adyen from 2023 to 2026, after Head of Group Finance there (2020-2023). Tandowsky's earlier Adyen titles were Team Lead - Forecasting, Analysis & Investor Relations (2019-2020), Team Lead - Controlling & Accounting (2018-2019) and Financial Controller (2017-2018), a fit for questions on payments finance work from controlling to CFO.
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Ira Polikoff
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Moneris
Financial strategy, operational efficiency and long-term value creation are the responsibilities Ira Polikoff describes as Chief Financial Officer at Moneris since 2024. Polikoff was Chief Financial Officer at Recruitics (2020-2023) and Pontoon Solutions (2018-2019), and at American Express held Chief Financial Officer Global Servicing Network (2012-2017) and Chief Financial Officer Consumer Services (2009-2012) titles.
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Josh Whipple
LinkedInExperience: Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer · Global Payments Inc.
Strategy, risk and deals meet the CFO role in Josh Whipple's record: Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Global Payments Inc. since 2022, after Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Risk Officer there from 2015 to 2022. Whipple was Director, Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (2008-2015) and Vice President, Investment Banking at Corivent (2004-2008).
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Kevin Wall
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Stax Payments
Kevin Wall has been Chief Financial Officer at Stax Payments since 2025 and was CFO - Payments Processing at Paysafe from 2020 to 2025. Wall was a Controller at Locke Lord LLP (2018-2020), Division Controller at FIS (2008-2018) and Controller - Professional Services at Nokia (1995-2008), a fit for payments processing finance and controllership questions.
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Kıvanç Derinalp
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · iyzico
At iyzico, Kıvanç Derinalp has been Chief Financial Officer since 2022. Verifone titles were VP Finance, Region CFO, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (2017-2022), VP Finance, Region CFO, Europe & EEMEA (2018-2019) and Region CFO, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (2013-2017), and Derinalp was Finance Manager at GE (2011-2013), suited to regional payments CFO questions.
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Nils P. Lossius
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Loomis Pay
Payments finance in the Nordics is the topic for Nils P. Lossius, Chief Financial Officer at LOOMIS PAY since 2020, after CFO at PayEx (2018-2020). Lossius was CFO at Econova (2016-2018), Group CFO at Rahmqvist Group (2014-2016) and CFO Scandinavia and Sweden at Lindorff (2009-2014).
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Philip Symes
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Checkout.com
Philip Symes became Chief Financial Officer at Checkout.com in 2024 and was Chief Financial Officer at Visa from 2006 to 2016. Symes was also Chief Financial Officer at Redington, a Gallagher company (2020-2023), Group Chief Financial Officer at Cambridge Education Group (2018-2020) and Group Financial Controller at WTW (1998-2006), so finance at Visa and at Checkout.com are both in range.
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Choose the right perspective
If you want someone who moved into the CFO job from another title within the same company, talk to Ethan Tandowsky or Josh Whipple; Christopher Dichiara went from SVP, CFO and Interim Regional Head (EMEA) to EVP, Chief Financial Officer at Verifone. Arpit Chug and Ira Polikoff bring American Express finance titles, Philip Symes was CFO at Visa, and Kevin Wall and Kıvanç Derinalp held CFO or region CFO titles at Paysafe and Verifone; Corinna Valentine and Nils P. Lossius suit European payments questions.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which unit economics does a payments CFO track per transaction, and how do they change as volume grows?
- 02How should a payments company forecast revenue when it depends on merchant volumes and interchange or scheme fees it does not set?
- 03What finance and controls work has to be in place before a payments company enters a new country?
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