James Kershaw

Current

Director of International Sales at Planet Payment

Past

Head of Regional Sales – Travelex Currency Select at Travelex
Director of Sales at Monex Financial Services Ltd.
European Sales Director at E4X

Manager Travel and Entertainment Sector at National Westminster Bank
Personal Banking Manager & General Branch Banking roles at National Westminster Bank

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Education

Loughborough Grammar School

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Connections

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Industry

Financial Services

Websites

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James Kershaw’s Summary

My current role is as Director of International Sales for Planet Payment, selling multi-currency and DCC solutions to Banks and Merchants at ATM, eCommerce and POS level.

Previous roles included: -

• Head of Regional Sales and Business Development for Travelex's Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) product, Travelex Currency Select, covering UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa, within the Travelex Outsourcing Division
• Director of Sales at Monex Financial Services Ltd. - Responsible for managing all aspects of Monex’s Sales and Relationship Management merchant activities throughout our operations in Europe, North American and Asia, together with responsibility for partner relationships with Banks, Payment Gateways and third party enablers
• European Sales Director at E4X - Responsible for the introduction of the company into UK and for initially managing all aspects of E4X’s Sales and merchant relationships activities throughout operations in Europe
• Manager Travel and Entertainment Sector at National Westminster Bank - Based in Central London and responsible for managing a portfolio of existing clients and selling multi-currency cross border credit card acquisition services to new merchants in the Travel and Entertainment Sector including Airlines, Car Rental companies, Hotels, Cruise Lines.

James Kershaw’s Specialties:

Speciality in Dynamic Currency Conversion services for Banks and Merchants at ATM, eCommerce and POS level globally and multi-currency cross border credit card acquisition services to merchants.

James Kershaw’s Experience

Director of International Sales

Planet Payment

(Public Company; Financial Services industry)

April 2009 — Present (9 months)

Planet Payment is a multi-currency payment processor dedicated to enabling internationally focused processors, acquiring banks and merchants to accept, process and reconcile credit card transactions in multiple currencies, since 1999.

Our innovative multi-currency solutions work within the popular credit card infrastructure, easily integrating with top acquirers, processors, gateways and POS solution providers in the United States, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.

My role is as Director of International Sales for Planet Payment, selling multi-currency and DCC solutions to Banks and Merchants at ATM, eCommerce and POS level.
Head of Regional Sales – Travelex Currency Select

Travelex

(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

October 2007 — April 2009 (1 year 7 months)

Head of Regional Sales and Business Development for Travelex's Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) product, Travelex Currency Select, covering UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa, within the Travelex Outsourcing Division.

My role is to sell DCC services to Banks and Merchants at ATM, eCommerce and POS level.
Director of Sales

Monex Financial Services Ltd.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)

December 2001 — October 2007 (5 years 11 months)

Responsible for managing all aspects of Monex’s Sales and Relationship Management merchant activities throughout our operations in Europe, North American and Asia, together with responsibility for partner relationships with Banks, Payment Gateways and third party enablers.
European Sales Director

E4X

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

August 2001 — December 2001 (5 months)

Responsible for the introduction of the company into UK and for initially managing all aspects of E4X’s Sales and merchant relationships activities throughout operations in Europe
Manager Travel and Entertainment Sector

National Westminster Bank

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

April 1999 — August 2001 (2 years 5 months)

Based in Central London and responsible for managing a portfolio of existing clients and selling multi-currency cross border credit card acquisition services to new merchants in the Travel and Entertainment Sector including Airlines, Car Rental companies, Hotels, Cruise Lines
Personal Banking Manager & General Branch Banking roles

National Westminster Bank

(Public Company; Banking industry)

September 1987 — April 1999 (11 years 8 months)

Personal Banking Manager - June 1993 to April 1999

Provided Coutts type bespoke Personal Banking Manager role to NatWest’s high net worth personal customers through Relationship Management, recruitment of new customers, and sale of the Group’s financial services such as Cards, Mortgages, Insurance, and Investments

General Branch Banking roles - September 1987 to May 1993

Personal Lending, Securities, Charges and Collections, Foreign Exchange Payments and Accounts, Back Office Branch Banking roles