Sales professionals in Payments
Three ways of selling payments meet in these payments sales careers: direct sales titles at Elavon and Paysafe, payment orchestration at Worldline and now PaymentIQ, and commercial payments at Mastercard and JPMorganChase, with others at Checkout.com, Marqeta, Worldpay, Payroc and Paymob. Five are based outside the United States, in the UK, Belgium and the United Arab Emirates, which helps a merchant comparing processors or working out what a switch would take.
Professionals to explore
Cédric Dupont
LinkedInExperience: Head of Sales · PaymentIQ
In Belgium, Cédric Dupont has been Head of Sales at PaymentIQ since 2026. At Worldline, Cédric was Head of Global Sales - Payment Orchestration (2025–2026), Business Development Lead E-commerce - Payment Orchestration (2025), Senior Business Development Manager Payment Orchestration (2022–2025) and Business Development Manager - Acquiring Partners (2019–2022), so payment orchestration questions are the obvious fit.
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Christian Montesi
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Business Development · Paysafe
Vice President of Business Development at Paysafe since 2026, Christian Montesi was Senior Vice President Corporate Partnerships at NationsBenefits (2024–2026). At FIS, Christian was Managing Director Enterprise Accounts (2018–2024), VP Business Development Retail Solutions (2013–2017) and Vice President Account Development - Prepaid Solutions (2003–2013), and describes product experience in emerging and alternative payment strategies.
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Cody Yanchak
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President of Sales- GTM · Payroc
In 2025 Cody Yanchak became Executive Vice President of Sales- GTM at Payroc; Payroc calls itself "a payment platform solutions provider for online, in-person, and mobile transactions". At Worldpay, Cody was Senior Payments Consultant- Worldpay for Platforms (2022–2025) and Team Leader- Partner Success Managers (2024–2025), and was Vice President- Commercial Card Solutions at JPMorganChase (2018–2022) and Business Development Executive at Integris for Banks (2017–2018).
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Ethen Parvez
LinkedInExperience: National Corporate Sales Director · Worldpay
National Corporate Sales Director at Worldpay since 2026, Ethen Parvez was Senior Business Development Manager at Fiserv (2025–2026), Area Business Development Manager at CPM UK (2023–2025), Business Development Manager at DNA Payments (2021–2023) and Partner Development Manager at Dojo (2018–2020). Ethen names merchant acquiring as the field and describes working with C-level leaders on payment solutions.
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Jean Khoury
LinkedInExperience: Director of Enterprise Sales · Paymob
From Dubai, Jean Khoury has been Director of Enterprise Sales at Paymob since 2026. Jean was Head of Softpos Sales - UAE (2025–2026) and Head of Partnerships (2024–2025) at qlub, Head of Sales at Spades (2021–2024) and Business Development Manager at Zomato (2017–2020), a fit for questions on selling payments to merchants in the UAE.
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Ken Haag
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Head of Direct Sales · Elavon
Ken Haag has been SVP, Head of Direct Sales at Elavon since 2025 and President of Payments Advisors, LLC since 2024. At Heartland, Ken was Vice President of Sales (2016–2024), Division Sales Manager (2007–2016) and Territory Sales Manager (2006–2007), which suits questions on direct merchant sales.
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Lee Haspel
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Business Development · Mastercard
Since 2024, Lee Haspel has been Vice President of Business Development at Mastercard, leading a team that works to expand adoption of corporate payment solutions across enterprises, issuers and fintech partners. Lee was Director, Commercial Payment Solutions at Mastercard (2020–2024), Director, Channel Partners & Specialized Markets at WEX (2018–2020) and Vice President, Commercial Payments at Capital One (2018).
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Mark Amon
LinkedInExperience: Director, Executive Partner · Paysafe
Mark Amon has been Director, Executive Partner at Paysafe since 2025 and was Director of Direct Sales (2023–2025) and Director of Partner Sales Development (2022–2023) there. Mark was VP Sales Strategy Operations - Merchant Services at JPMorganChase (2016–2022) and Division Manager at Heartland (2015–2016), and cites over 22 years in payment card processing, a fit for direct and partner sales questions.
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Maxime Colas
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Head of Sales UK I · Checkout.com
At Checkout.com, Maxime Colas's titles are Senior Director, Head of Sales UK I since 2026, Head of Sales UK (2023–2026), Director, Sales (2022–2026), Senior Sales Manager (2020–2022) and Sales Manager (2017–2020). Based in Manchester, Maxime describes a background in online payments and e-commerce business development, a fit for questions on how online merchants in the UK choose a processor.
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Richard Drury
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Head of Commercial Europe · Marqeta
Richard Drury has been Senior Director - Head of Commercial Europe at Marqeta since 2025, after VP Global Partnerships at Volt.io (2022–2025). Richard was Business Development Director of e-Commerce & Fraud at ACI Worldwide (2020–2022), and at Barclaycard held VP Head of Account Development - Key Clients (2019–2020) and VP Head of Corporate Account Development (2018–2019), and cites 13 years in payments sales, relationship management and partnerships.
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Choose the right perspective
For a merchant switching processors, Ken Haag and Mark Amon hold direct sales titles at Elavon and Paysafe, and Maxime Colas and Ethen Parvez sell in the UK for Checkout.com and Worldpay. Cédric Dupont is the pick for payment orchestration, Lee Haspel and Cody Yanchak for commercial card and platform payments, Richard Drury and Christian Montesi for partnerships and enterprise accounts, and Jean Khoury for merchant sales in the UAE.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Beyond the headline rate, which fees and contract terms matter most when comparing payment processors?
- 02What does moving to a new processor involve for stored card tokens, recurring billing and chargebacks?
- 03When does a merchant need more than one acquirer or a payment orchestration layer?
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