With 25 years of experience in the payments industry, Sonya joins Conferma Pay from her previous role as Senior Vice President UK & Ireland and Country Manager Ireland for Mastercard.
Sonya will be tasked with further developing Conferma Pay’s customer-centric approach to ensure that its leading virtual payments platform continues to evolve alongside the needs of the industry.
Additionally, Sonya will play a crucial role in deepening and expanding Conferma Pay’s existing partnerships with banks, payment schemes and technology platforms, as well as with organisations in the travel sector. This will allow the company to expand its unrivalled payments ecosystem and enable even greater accessibility of virtual card payments.
Commenting on her new role, Sonya said: “To me, our greatest assets here at Conferma Pay are our people and our product. The team are dynamic, driven and passionate about the work they do and that really shows in how we’re viewed by the wider industry. We are fortunate to partner with some of the biggest banks, payment schemes and technology platforms highlighting the value of what we offer, and the efforts of our team. My focus will be harnessing the amazing potential we have to change the way global payments are made for the better.”
Jason Lalor, CEO of Conferma Pay said: “Sonya’s exceptional leadership and experience paired with the technical expertise already present within the business will allow us to cement our position as the world’s leading payments provider. We’re bringing in experience from outside our organisation and combining it with the amazing talent we already have to create something truly great.”
Alongside his appointment of Sonya, Jason has finalised the rest of his Senior Leadership Team with appointment of Stuart Davenport as Chief Product Officer, Andy Mathews as Chief Financial Officer, David Wood as Chief Operations Officer, John Makin as Chief Information Security Officer and Sarah Burton as Head of HR.
Conferma Pay connects issuers to more than 700 travel management companies, all the major global distribution systems and more than 100 online booking tools. It is fully integrated with all the major card schemes and serves more than 50 banking partners, who issue Conferma Pay generated virtual cards in nearly 100 currencies.
About Conferma Pay
Conferma Pay is the world’s foremost provider of virtual payments technology. Founded in 2005, and recently acquired by Sabre with additional investment from Mastercard, Conferma Pay combines innovation and expertise to push the boundaries of what can be achieved in the world of virtualized business payments. In the travel industry, Conferma Pay connects issuers to more than 700 travel management companies, all major global distribution systems and over 100 online booking tools. The company is fully integrated with all major card schemes and serves over 50 banking partners, that issue Conferma Pay generated virtual cards in nearly 100 currencies. www.confermapay.com
Conferma Pay is a global financial technology company. We design and integrate virtual payment systems that provides a more efficient, seamless and secure way to pay for for businesses.
Conferma Pay was born in Manchester in 2005. Since then we have connected over 700 TMCs, and directly integrate with all the major GDSs and OBTs. Our roots lie in corporate travel payment integration.
We enable our payment providers to flow virtual cards into the preferred purchasing process of any business travel buyer. Crucial to this is our network of banking partners, who have issued virtual cards in over 200 countries, in 40 currencies with over 45 commercial banking partners via all major card networks.
Our ecosystem continues to expand to meet the growing requirements of our global customer base.
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