PRIVALGO - Key Persons


Alexander Everitt - VP of Sales

Job Titles:
  • Sales Director
Alex leads the Privalgo Sales team day to day, building new relationships and heading up the new business development strategy.

Bianca Bass - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Marketing Officer
Bianca brings a wealth of commercial marketing and brand-building experience to Privalgo. An experienced fintech leader, Bianca combines marketing with strategy to achieve meaningful business results. Bianca's expertise plays a vital role in helping Privalgo scale our market-leading international payments and FX offering.

Daniel Biggs - Founder, Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Managing Director
Dan is also responsible for the people function of the business and has a vested interest in high performance company culture as well as building outstanding teams.

Darren Oliveiro-Priestnall

Job Titles:
  • Head of Technology
Darren has over 20 years' experience as a software engineer working across industries including finance, government and consultancy. Darren has presented at numerous conferences and universities including Oxford and Imperial College London and for the London Stock Exchange.

Dawn Knaggs - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Finance Director
  • Company 's Financial Controller
Dawn joined the Privalgo team in 2019 as the company's Financial Controller, taking responsibility for all areas of finance in the business as well as preparing and implementing all finance operational processes throughout the company. Now, as Privalgo's Finance Director, Dawn's efforts are focused on managing and growing the Finance department.

Ilan Cohen - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
Ilan has extensive experience as a Chief Financial Officer. Ilan has advised a broad portfolio of businesses, supporting high-growth businesses like Privalgo across a range of complex and time-critical financial requirements. Ilan brings his invaluable professional insight and his financial acumen will provide invaluable support as Privalgo continues to expand.

Kajal Pankhania

Job Titles:
  • Director of People and Culture
Kajal has a decade of experience in the field of Human Resources. She brings a wealth of experience and a diverse HR skillset in HR leadership and business partnering. Kajal has a strong background in talent acquisition, employee relations, and performance management. Kajal is passionate about employee growth and empowering individuals to reach their full potential.

Matthew Clarke - Chief Commercial Officer, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Commercial Director
  • Founder
Working in deliverable foreign exchange and business development for over 15 years, Matt has extensive experience in leading commercial teams and managing the treasury for SMEs and large corporates. Specialising in foreign exchange, Matt is CF30 qualified and a member of the Society of Technical Analysts. Matt's focus has always been on delivering world-class service and establishing genuine relationships sustained through trust and expertise.

Nicola Sawyer

Job Titles:
  • Head of Settlements
Nicola has 19 years' experience in financial services and settlements and has worked on projects with Privalgo's founders since 2004. Nicola leads the Settlements team and oversees the development of our client-centric technology platform.

Richard Chunn - COO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Operations Director
Richard brings to Privalgo more than 20 years of experience and expertise in FinTech and tech development, plus various operational leadership roles in financial services.

Siobhan Nicholls

Job Titles:
  • Head of Client Operations
Siobhan is an experienced risk, compliance and client services specialist working with Privalgo's founders since 2014 to develop their compliance and financial risk functions.

Stewart Blake - Chairman, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Founder
Stewart's 25 plus years of business knowledge and expertise helped launch and shape Privalgo into the company it is today. With a background in successful entrepreneurial ventures within the financial sector and foreign exchange, Stewart brings an extensive, diverse range of experience to Privalgo.

Theodore Morita

Job Titles:
  • Compliance Director Head of Fincrime MLRO
Theodore is a Japanese-French-English trilingual compliance professional with 15 years' experience. Theodore has held multiple Head of Compliance and MLRO roles in the payments and e-money space, bringing experience from corporate and investment banking, prime brokerage, and asset management in London and Paris.

Zeb Bham - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • New Business Director
Zeb's 16 years in the financial services sector include specialisations in leading commercial teams and client-facing technology. A frequent foreign exchange market commentator on CNN and CNBC, Zeb is based in the USA and heads Privalgo's counterparty relationships.