Brian is based near London in the UK and has over 30 years of experience in global payments, over 20 of which have been with the global travel industry -both Business and Leisure.

During his career he worked for well known payments brands such as Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv (formally First Data) as well as banks such as NatWest and Lloyds Bank in the UK. Over the last 10 years he has held C Suite positions in several companies with responsibilities ranging from Commercial, Marketing, Operations and Innovation in both regional and global roles.

 

Brian has broad and deep knowledge of payments across the globe and has had over 20 years of focus on the Travel space and how payments are made and how companies can get paid. While at Visa, Brian introduced new rules for the European Car Rental Industry to help manage No Shows and he worked with IATA to introduce new reporting standards for BSPs.

Brian has been a member of the GBTA EMEA Payment Committee for over 4 years and has helped the Committee to deliver insight and education to GBTA members in regards to all things payments. 

 

Brian specialises in ensuring payments are optimised in both the Direct and Indirect sales environments - particularly in an on-line/E-Commerce environment - and advises companies on the impacts of payment technologies on their travel businesses.