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 Principal in the London office. He assists payment and fintech companies of all sizes to excel at commercial execution including GTM, growth strategy & partnerships development. Martin also works with private equity clients on due diligence and post deal value creation. He offers a unique perspective based on 15+ years of experience across consulting and industry roles. Prior to joining EDC in 2015, Martin held senior operational positions developing, launching and growing payment and fintech products and services via direct sales, and strategic partnerships at start-ups and corporations including MasterCard and Citibank, and at pricing consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners. Outside of work, Martin likes to tinker about on guitar.
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