Payments
10 CFOs in Payments
These ten executives hold or have held the chief financial officer role at payments companies. A reader can learn how payments CFOs approach transaction economics, forecasting, capital planning and building a finance team as a payments business grows.
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01—10Arpit Chug
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Razorpay
Chief Financial Officer at Razorpay since 2019; the profile describes Razorpay as a payment solution for online payments in India that supports netbanking, credit and debit cards and UPI. Before that he was CFO India (American Express Banking Corporation) at American Express (2002–2019), and earlier an Associate in Investment Banking at CLSA (2000–2002).
Christopher Dichiara
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Chief Financial Officer · Verifone
EVP, Chief Financial Officer at Verifone since January 2026, after serving as SVP, CFO and Interim Regional Head (EMEA) from 2024; the profile describes Verifone as a global payment solutions and processing platform. Before Verifone he held finance roles at Fiserv, including SVP, Financial Planning and Analysis (2018–2021) and SVP finance, Global Business Solutions (2022–2024).
Corinna Valentine
LinkedInExperience: CFO and Managing Director · PAYONE
CFO and Managing Director at PAYONE since September 2024; the profile describes PAYONE as offering online, in-store and omnichannel payment solutions for businesses. Before that she held finance roles at Fidelity International from 2011 to 2023, including Head of Finance, Germany (2014–2019) and COO and CFO Germany (2019–2023).
Ethan Tandowsky
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Adyen
Former Chief Financial Officer of Adyen (2023–2026), which the profile describes as providing end-to-end payments capabilities, data-driven insights and financial products in a single global solution. At Adyen he previously served as Financial Controller (2017–2018), Team Lead - Controlling & Accounting (2018–2019), Team Lead - Forecasting, Analysis & Investor Relations (2019–2020) and Head of Group Finance (2020–2023).
Ira Polikoff
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Moneris
Chief Financial Officer at Moneris since 2024, which the profile describes as a Canadian payment solutions provider offering mobile, online and in-store solutions; the role covers financial strategy, operational efficiency and long-term value creation. Earlier CFO roles include Chief Financial Officer Consumer Services (2009–2012) and Chief Financial Officer Global Servicing Network (2012–2017) at American Express.
Josh Whipple
LinkedInExperience: Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer · Global Payments Inc.
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Global Payments Inc. since July 2022, after serving there as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Risk Officer from 2015 to 2022. Before joining Global Payments he was Director, Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (2008–2015).
Kevin Wall
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Stax Payments
Chief Financial Officer at Stax Payments since April 2025; the profile describes Stax as providing payment solutions for software platforms, small businesses and large businesses. He was also CFO - Payments Processing at Paysafe from 2020 to 2025, and earlier Division Controller at FIS (2008–2018).
Kıvanç Derinalp
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · iyzico
Chief Financial Officer at iyzico since June 2022; the profile describes iyzico as a company that provides various payment options to help customers grow. Before that he held regional finance roles at Verifone from 2013 to 2022, including Region CFO, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (2013–2017) and VP Finance, Region CFO, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (2017–2022).
Nils P. Lossius
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Loomis Pay
Chief Financial Officer at Loomis Pay since October 2020; the profile describes Loomis Pay as an all-in-one payment solution with flexible POS setups. Before that he was CFO at PayEx (2018–2020), and earlier CFO at Econova (2016–2018) and Group CFO at Rahmqvist Group (2014–2016).
Philip Symes
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Checkout.com
Chief Financial Officer at Checkout.com since December 2024; the profile describes Checkout.com as a provider of payment services aimed at acceptance rates, processing costs and fraud. He was Chief Financial Officer at Visa from 2006 to 2016, and later held CFO roles at Cambridge Education Group (Group Chief Financial Officer, 2018–2020) and Redington, a Gallagher company (2020–2023).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to your company's stage and model, since finance at a large global processor differs from finance at a younger regional payments platform. Check whether each CFO tenure is current or past, and favor someone who rose through finance roles inside a payments business if your question is about operating detail.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you forecast transaction volume and net revenue when merchant mix, pricing and interchange costs keep moving?
- 02Which metrics do you put in front of the board and investors to show the unit economics of a payments business?
- 03How did you build the finance team and systems to keep up with growth in markets, currencies and settlement flows?
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