Ebanx Expands Leadership Team to Put Execs Closer to Merchants

Brazil-based payments platform Ebanx has announced what it calls a “significant” leadership team expansion.

The new appointments are part of a strategy to have executive leadership placed close to the company’s merchants’ headquarters and “high-growth operational markets,” Ebanx said in a news release Monday (Aug. 17).

“Great leadership stays close: close to the client and to the processing countries, where growth truly happens,” Co-Founder and CEO João Del Valle said in the release.

“The mission of our team is to decode complex, dynamic markets so global businesses can scale fast. By embedding our senior leadership directly within the regions, we are aligning global strategy with localized expertise.”

The new appointees are:

James Booth, former head of revenue for Verto, is now vice president of commercial for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

In Latin America, José Maurício Orsolini Filho has taken on the role of vice president of product, replacing Eduardo de Abreu, who has been named chief product officer and regional CEO EBANX Singapore

At Ebanx’s Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, Marcela Farima has been named director of merchant success, with Henrique Simião becoming director of product.

In China, Liqian Zhang was promoted to director of merchant success, serving Chinese brands as they expand around the world.

In Uruguay, Juliana Etcheverry, formerly director of country growth for South LatAm, has taken on the newly created position as director of issuer engagement and growth. Javier Kaniewicz will step into her old role.

In Brazil, Camila Alcalde joined Ebanx as director of business development and engagement, working with global brands seeking to expand across Latin America. Other appointments include:

Wiza Jalakasi, formerly director of Africa market development, was named commercial lead for Africa and the Middle East.

Anderson Sato, director of staff and growth

Guillermo Miro director of commercial excellence and revenue operations

Alexandre Amorim Silveira, director of operational excellence

Paulo Machado Simões as director of regulatory

Alain Delcourt, director of strategic channel partnerships

Leandro Magalhães, director of people operations

Rafael Teixeira, promoted to director of information security

In other Ebanx news, the company recently teamed with Pagaleve to let consumers in Brazil to make buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments via the country’s instant payment system, Pix.

“By integrating Pagaleve’s risk engine with our global merchant network and Pix’s ubiquity, we’re creating something the Brazilian market has never had: a truly open BNPL platform accessible to any customer, anywhere in the country, that allows them to participate in the global digital economy,” Ebanx Director of Product Sebastian Fantini said.