Payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) has announced that the Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors, Roger Withers, will step down from his position and from the board at the end of 2018.
Mr. Withers will be replaced as Chairman by current SafeCharge board member and longtime Visa and MasterCard executive Jeremy Nicholds (pictured above).
Jeremy Nicholds has been a non-executive director of SafeCharge since 2016. His previous roles include Executive Director (Mobile) at Visa Europe, Senior Vice President (European Sales and Marketing) at MasterCard Europe and Head of Personal Cards at NatWest Cards. He is also currently a Non-executive Director of AIM-listed Vipera plc.
SafeCharge recently provided a trading update, indicating that the company achieved record Revenues and transaction processing volumes during the first quarter of 2018.
Outgoing SafeCharge Chairman Roger Withers commented:
Since his appointment, Jeremy has made a significant contribution to the Company’s board through his extensive knowledge of the payments industry. On behalf of the Board, I am delighted that Jeremy has agreed to become my deputy.