Payment Industry Veterans Join Mission of Empowerment, Ready Companies for Growth in Key Markets
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 12, 2008 – Rêv Worldwide, a global network of payment companies for underserved markets, today announced several key executive appointments to drive expansion in international markets. Representing deep expertise in payments, retail banking and financial services, the executive appointees include: Richard Child, executive chair, international strategy and corporate development, Rêv Worldwide; Juan Piña, chief executive officer, Rêv Latin America; Jorge Noguera, vice president, Rêv Worldwide; and Jacob Claflin, vice president of business development, RêvEurope.
“These executives are vital additions to our team who bring a remarkable breadth of collective experience and understanding of the dynamics that drive market acceptance of new payment solutions,” said Roy Sosa, chairman, Rêv Worldwide. “They will ensure Rêv Worldwide maintains the pace of innovation required to lead the market and fulfill our mission of delivering new payment solutions that will bring billions of underserved consumers into the financial mainstream.”
As a noted industry expert and thought leader, Richard Child brings more than 30 years of experience in the payments industry to Rêv Worldwide where he leads international business development initiatives across the Rêv Worldwide network as executive chair of international strategy and corporate development. His 30 years in the payments industry include 16 years at MasterCard International where he last served as executive vice president. In addition to his corporate responsibilities, he served as president of the Latin America and Caribbean Region for MasterCard International. Before joining Rêv Worldwide, Child was founder and principal of the Mattrix Group, a consulting firm created to advise companies on business strategy and development. He has also served as a director on the boards of various companies, both publicly and privately held.
Juan Piña joins Rêv Latin America as chief executive officer with more than 37 years of payments industry experience and a rich history in developing market strategies in Latin America. He will lead Rêv Latin America’s business strategy in the region, oversee development of a business and network infrastructure to support a worldclass product offering, and foster key partnerships with banks, retailers and other key players in the payments industry. Previously, Piña held several senior executive positions, including head of cards and customer franchise for Latin America at Citibank, executive vice president for marketing and market strategies at Banco Nacional de Mexico, and senior vice president at MasterCard International. Earlier in his career, Piña led the creation of the National Credit Bureau for the Mexican Bankers Association.
Jorge Noguera, former managing director of EFD Asia, an eFunds company (now part of Fidelity National Information Services), joins Rêv Worldwide as vice president responsible for global business development efforts and operations across the network of companies. With 20 years of experience in the payments industry, he brings extensive knowledge of retail banking and card technology having served as chief information officer for
MasterCard Ecuador; technology director for Red Multicolor in Colombia; senior vice president of global sales and business development at Oasis Technologies; and most recently, co-founder of Makeena Corporation, acquired by eFunds Corporation in 2007.
Jacob Claflin joins RêvEurope as vice president of business development from Euronet Worldwide’s prepaid division PaySpot, Inc. He is responsible for building RêvEurope’s sales and distribution network in Europe. Formerly the managing director of Euronet’s Romanian business lines, Claflin led the company’s launch in Europe where he established partnerships with leading financial institutions.
