ALPHA GROUP INTERNATIONAL - Key Persons


Adam Dowling

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Group MD, Alternative Banking
Adam has over 15 years' experience in banking, and joined Alpha in 2018 to set up its alternative banking division. Prior to this, he was the Vice President of Cash Management at Barclays and a Director of Product at Saxo Payments Banking Circle, an innovative financial technology company, that at the time of his departure had grown to process over 60 billion in payments annually, before being acquired by the private equity firm EQT global. Today Adam is responsible for shaping the strategic framework of the Alternative Banking division and leads a team of over 180 people across three countries in London, Malta and Luxembourg.

Alex Howorth

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Group MD, FX Risk Management
Alex joined Alpha in 2014 as one of the original cohorts of Portfolio Managers. In the nine years since then, he has been instrumental in instilling the unique performance culture and business philosophy that has grown Alpha into one of the leading global players in the FX Risk Management space. As Group Managing Director of FX Risk Management, today Alex leads a team of over 150 people across six countries and is responsible for setting the direction of the division, delivering on its growth strategy, and developing its future vision. Before joining Alpha, Alex graduated from Cambridge with a Masters degree in Politics and Philosophy.

Clive Kahn - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Nomination Committee
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee
  • Non - Executive Chairman
Clive has over 30 years of experience in financial services, particularly FX and payments. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Travelex, the global foreign exchange business. He led the sale of the business to Apax Partners in 2005 for an enterprise value in excess of £1 billion and left Travelex in 2006. Since his time at Travelex, Clive spent seven years as CEO of Cardsave, a credit card acceptance and payments solutions business, leaving in 2014 after it was merged into Worldpay. In addition to his role as Non-Executive Chairman of Alpha FX Group plc, Clive is CEO of takepayments Ltd, a payment solutions business. He is also a Chartered accountant.

Lisa Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Member of the Nomination Committee
  • Non - Executive Director
Lisa has over 24 years Board experience in Executive and Non-Executive roles at both listed and private companies. She began her career as an equities investment analyst and subsequently spent many years in strategy and business development roles in the media and technology sectors. Lisa currently holds a number of Non-Executive positions which include Chairman, Cenkos Securities Plc; Senior Independent Director, M&C Saatchi Plc; Non-Executive Director, Magic Light Pictures and Adviser, Edge Investments, a Private Equity firm specialising in the creative and technology industries.

Morgan Tillbrook - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Member of the Nomination Committee
Morgan founded Alpha in 2009 and has over 20 years' experience building and leading fast-growing companies across technology and financial services. Self-funded and debt free up until its IPO in 2017, the company has delivered fourteen years of profitable and organic growth to become an AIM 100 company employing over 300 people. Under Morgan's leadership, Alpha has delivered a consistent track record of strategic investments which have expanded the company from a sole provider of FX Risk Management solutions in the UK, to a global leader of a diverse (and growing) range of financial solutions to clients across more than 50 countries. Despite being an established public business, Morgan remains passionate about ensuring Alpha retains the agility and energy of a fast-growing start-up; this can be seen in his championing of strategies such as collective ownership and decentralisation - both of which remain fundamental to the company's growth today. Outside of Alpha, Morgan's competitive nature extends past business to successfully competing in the British GT racing championship. He is also a passionate angel investor to several exciting early-stage companies.

Tim Butters - Chief Risk Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Risk Officer
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Tim joined Alpha in 2019 with over 15 years' experience in risk management, including as Head of Risk at World First, the global payments provider, and Mako Trading, a leading derivatives market maker. Beginning his career at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Tim has experience across both financial and non-financial risk and is Certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals having achieved their FRM designation. He is the Chair of Alpha's Risk Committee.

Tim Powell - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Tim Powell brings over 20 years of experience working in high-quality fast-growing public companies. 17 of these years were at the FTSE 100 listed, London Stock Exchange Group ("LSEG"). He was CFO of the LSEG's largest subsidiary, London Stock Exchange, and was finance lead for the $27bn acquisition and integration of Refinitiv. Tim is a Chartered Accountant and graduated with an engineering degree from Birmingham University.

Vijay Thakrar

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Audit Committee
  • Chartered Accountant
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Member of the Nomination Committee
  • Member of the Remuneration Committee
  • Non - Executive Director
Vijay is a Chartered Accountant with extensive strategic, commercial and governance experience with fast growth listed companies, and was previously a Partner at EY and Deloitte, chairing Deloitte's mid cap listed companies' practice. He has served on various Boards as a non-executive, including The Quoted Companies Alliance and Quorn Foods. Vijay is currently a Non-Executive Director at Treatt plc, The Alumasc Group plc, Sanderson Design Group plc and RSM. Vijay is experienced in chairing both audit and remuneration committees and is currently Chair of Alpha's Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nominations committees.