– UK, London – Paysafe Limited, a leading specialized payments platform, today disclosed its post-merger Board of Directors, effective at the closing of the merger with special purpose acquisition company, Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: BFT) to become a public company. Upon closing, the newly combined company will operate as Paysafe and trade on the NYSE under the symbol “PSFE”.
The post-merger Board, led by Chairman Bill Foley, is comprised of eleven directors, bringing decades of industry experience across payments, banking, technology, gaming, entertainment, legal & regulatory affairs, capital markets, and M&A.
“I am very excited to work with the strong slate of directors upon merger completion. Over the course of the last few months I have come to know Philip and the Paysafe team very well and am looking forward to continuing the journey, enhancing Paysafe’s growth trajectory through accelerated operational transformation and M&A.” said Bill Foley, Chairman.
Philip McHugh, CEO of Paysafe, added, “We have assembled a best-in-class Board of Directors comprised of proven, high-caliber leaders with extremely relevant but diverse perspectives. The collective strategic guidance and diversity they bring to the table, combined with the deep domain expertise we already possess in specialized payments, will serve us well as we accelerate our global growth strategy as a newly public company.”
Post-Merger Board Member nominees are:
- Bill Foley, Best-in-class manager with decades of value creation in the public markets. Mr. Foley to lead the Company Board as Chairman;
- Anthony Jabbour, CEO, and COO with a proven track record of growth and innovation in fintech;
- Dagmar Kollmann, Experienced investment bank CEO with deep knowledge of legal, regulatory, and M&A matters;
- Jonathan Murphy, Experienced investor in technology and fintech industries; extensive M&A experience;
- James Murren, Seasoned executive in the entertainment and gaming industries; former Chairman of American Gaming Association; philanthropist and commitment to ESG;
- Hilary Stewart-Jones, Long-standing legal and regulatory expert in the multi-jurisdictional online and retail gambling industries;
Five existing Paysafe board members have been nominated to retain their board positions post-merger:
- Philip McHugh, CEO, Paysafe
- Matthew Bryant, Managing Director, CVC
- Walter Macnee, Director
- Eli Nagler, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone
- Peter Rutland, Managing Partner, CVC
About Bill Foley
Mr. Foley serves as Founder and Chairman of Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II, leading the business combination of Foley Trasimene and Paysafe. Mr. Foley is also Chairman of Cannae Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNNE) since 2017. He has more than 30 years of experience as a board member and executive officer of public and private companies in a wide variety of industries, and a strong track record of building and maintaining stockholder value and successfully negotiating and implementing mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Foley has driven favorable outcomes due to his operational expertise, disciplined industry consolidation, and rapid execution on cost-reduction opportunities in connection with mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Foley is also the founder of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF), and has served as the Chairman of the board of directors of FNF since 1984 and previously served as its CEO and President. Mr. Foley currently serves as the managing member and a Senior Managing Director of Trasimene Capital Management, LLC, a private company. He also serves as Chairman of Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE: BKI), and Chairman of Cannae portfolio company Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB).
After receiving his B.S. degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Mr. Foley served in the U.S. Air Force, where he attained the rank of captain.
About Anthony Jabbour
Mr. Jabbour is CEO of Dun & Bradstreet, a leading global provider of business decisionning data and analytics and concurrently serves as CEO of Black Knight, Inc., a premier provider of integrated software, data, and analytics to the mortgage industry.
Prior to joining Black Knight, Mr. Jabbour was the COO of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., a global leader in financial services technology ranked as the number one fintech company for the past several years. Mr. Jabbour joined FIS in 2004, where he held positions of increasing responsibility in operations and delivery services as a key member of the executive leadership team. During his tenure with FIS, Mr. Jabbour consistently helped the company grow through a solid combination of organic growth, product expansion, market penetration, and strategic acquisitions.
Mr. Jabbour began his career in IBM’s Global Services group, where he managed complex client relationships and projects, including the launch of a stand-alone internet bank for CIBC, a major Canadian financial institution. That achievement led him to join CIBC, where he built similar capabilities for the company’s U.S. market.
Mr. Jabbour holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto.
About Dagmar Kollmann
Ms. Kollmann is a member of the Supervisory Board and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of Deutsche Telekom AG. She is also a member of the Supervisory Boards of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE and of Coca Cola European Partners, as well as being Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board and Chairperson of the Audit Committee, of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG. Previously, she has been Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board, as well as Chairperson of the Audit Committee, of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG, and a member of the Supervisory Board of KfW-IPEX Bank GmbH. She has also been a member of the Supervisory Board of Bank Gutmann AG.
Ms. Kollmann is a Commissioner in the Monopolies Commission in Germany, a permanent and independent expert committee, which advises the German government and legislature in the areas of competition policy-making, competition law, and regulation. Its reports are published.
Previously, Ms. Kollmann was CEO of Morgan Stanley Bank AG in Frankfurt. In addition to her role as CEO and Country Head for Germany and Austria, she was a member of the Boards of Directors of Morgan Stanley International Ltd. and Morgan Stanley & Co International, Ltd. in London.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Ms. Kollmann worked at UBS Philips & Drew Ltd, both in M&A and subsequently in the Equities Division. Past mandates include a membership in the Advisory Board of the EUREX Group and the role of “Sherpa” in the “Initiative Finanzplatz Deutschland.”
She holds a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Vienna.
About Jonathan Murphy
Mr. Murphy joined Blackstone in 2021 and is a Managing Director in the firm’s Private Equity Group, where he focuses on investments in the technology and financial technology industries.
Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Murphy spent over eight years at Francisco Partners, a U.S.-based private equity fund that focuses on investments in the technology industry. While at Francisco Partners, Mr. Murphy was involved in the firm’s investments in Civitas Learning, Dynamo Software, eFront, Lucidworks, and Operative.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Murphy worked at CPPIB in the Direct Investment Group and Morgan Stanley in the Investment Banking Division.
Mr. Murphy received a Bachelor of Commerce from University College Dublin where he graduated with First Class Honors.
About James J. Murren
Mr. Murren was appointed to lead the Nevada COVID-19 Response, Relief, and Recovery Task Force on March 22, 2020, by Governor Steve Sisolak.
He served on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council from December of 2013 to September of 2020, and has been a member of the Board of Trustees for Howard University since 2016.
Mr. Murren first joined MGM Resorts International in 1998 as the CFO and served as the former Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International from December 2008 to February 2020. He also served as Chairman of the American Gaming Association from 2014 to 2017 and was on the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution from 2011 to 2018.
In 2003, Mr. Murren co-founded the Nevada Cancer Institute, which was the official cancer institute for the state of Nevada until 2013. Mr. Murren is also a founding contributor to Nevada’s first Fisher House which provides housing for military and Veterans’ families, which was founded in February of 2016. He also served as a member of the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of leading U.S. companies. Mr. Murren received his Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College.
About Hilary Stewart-Jones
Ms. Stewart-Jones is a practicing UK lawyer who has specialized in assisting gambling companies and associated businesses since 1995 both in-house and in private practice. She headed sector teams as a partner at BLP and DLA UK LLP, where she was able to leverage an international network to help support the burgeoning multi-jurisdictional online gambling industry from 2000-2013. From 2013 to 2015 she sat on the board of Playtech PLC, the LSE Main Market listed software house, becoming Deputy Chairman in 2014.
Ms. Stewart-Jones has maintained a solicitor’s practicing certificate for 33 years and continues to give legal advice to a wide portfolio of clients on a broad range of gambling-related commercial and regulatory issues.
She holds an LLB from Queen Mary College, London, and an LLM from Queen Mary, Kings, UCL, and LSE (London inter-collegiate). She also holds a Personal Management Licence from the Gambling Commission.
About Paysafe
Paysafe Group is a leading specialized payments platform. Its core purpose is to enable businesses and consumers to connect and transact seamlessly through industry-leading capabilities in payment processing, digital wallet, and online cash solutions. With over 20 years of online payment experience, an annualized transactional volume of over US $98 billion in 2019, and approximately 3,000 employees located in 12+ global locations, Paysafe connects businesses and consumers across 70 payment types in over 40 currencies around the world. Delivered through an integrated platform, Paysafe solutions are geared toward mobile-initiated transactions, real-time analytics, and the convergence between brick-and-mortar and online payments.
For more information: https://www.paysafe.com/en/
About Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: BFT)
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II is a blank check company whose business purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.
For more information: https://www.foleytrasimene2.com/
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