About this episode
This week, we meet up with Tom Voaden, Head of Partnerships BR-DGE - a leading independent payment orchestration platform. The Edinburgh Scotland based firm has partnered with over 300 payment providers and technology solutions to build a platform that gives merchants fast access to the latest innovations in the payment sector. We discuss the state of the increasingly busy payment orchestration landscape, and Tom shares his perspective on how orchestration can deliver value to merchants.
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Episode Links
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomvoaden/
Website:https://br-dge.to/
Guest Bio
Now BR-DGE’s Head of Partnerships, Tom started his career at Visa on their award-winning talent programme, leading projects across the UK, Ireland and USA, Tom has a strong knowledge of the payments ecosystem, connecting key stakeholders to deliver better outcomes for providers, acquirers and merchants alike. As a pioneer for partnerships, Tom helped establish the Enablers, Payment Gateways and Orchestration platform team at Visa, before bringing his expertise to BR-DGE to head up the new partnerships function.
With experience spanning all key stakeholders across the payments landscape, Tom has designed and developed a forward-thinking partnership program for BR-DGE, connecting merchants with global payment solutions at scale. Tom understands first-hand how challenging and complex payments can be and works in collaboration with the commercial team to deliver the best outcomes for both merchants and BR-DGE’s growing partnership network.
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Martin Koderisch is a Former Principal in the London office. He has 20 years of experience as adviser and operator within financial technology industry with a focus on payments. He specialises in accelerating digital transformation of client businesses through industry expertise, data analytics, and fintech enablement. His approach seeks to bridge the gap between strategy and execution with hands-on delivery of value creation initiatives to achieve growth, control or operational efficiency outcomes. He previously held senior leadership roles within industry at Mastercard, Citibank and start up Luup Payments covering digital product innovation, operations, and commercial partnership development. He hosted and produced EDC's popular podcast ‘Leaders in Payments and Fintech’ podcast available on major podcast platforms.