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the past five years as part of its drive to become the lead- a key role in determining growth and hiring strat-
ing provider of cashless payments in Poland. Simapka egy, back-office infrastructure, and new partnerships.
provides solutions designed to enhance distribution and Shannon has extensive experience in SaaS, high -growth
sales processes for retail outlets. Its app allows the reg- startups, and venture and private equity backed com-
istration of SIM cards, sale of GSM top-ups or gift cards, panies. Most recently, she was CFO of CampusLogic
number transfer between operators, and new features responsible for the accounting, finance, business and
in financial services, including loans and insurance, Pep people operations, and legal functions. Shannon is
stated, adding that the free application can be used on also an operational leader with experience in mergers
various platforms, such as a web browser, smartphone, and acquisitions. Previously, she served as the CFO of
tablet, or an Android terminal. Remarkable Health and Lumension Security.

APPOINTMENTS Harmut Wagner replaces Sven Lindeman at Serrala
Serrala, a financial automation and B2B payments soft-
AstroPay appoints Fayyaz Ansari ware company, appointed Hartmut Wagner as its new
CEO, taking the helm after Sven Lindemann stepped
Fayyaz Ansari joined payment solution provider down. Wagner will draw on 25 years of global technol-
AstroPay as chief financial officer. Prior to joining ogy experience in business transformation to accelerate
AstroPay, he was employed at Skrill, Neteller and Serrala’s scalability and support a shifting landscape.
Income Access at Paysafe as CFO of the digital wallet Wagner, previously CEO at Collenda, has also held
division and board member of their regulated entities. senior leadership positions at Micro Focus, Hewlett
Based in the UK, he will oversee AstroPay’s global Packard and Exact, where he led the cloud business
financial management and activities. His leadership unit. Lindemann, Serrala’s CEO since 2011, will remain
experience spans more than 20 years and includes con- as a significant minority shareholder and member of
trollership, treasury, financial planning and analysis, tax Serrala's supervisory board, sharing expertise in product
restructuring, corporate finance, performance manage- strategy as well as mergers and acquisitions.
ment, M&A, strategic planning, and more. Before joining
Skrill, Ansari, a chartered accountant,
worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP.
Cagla Darveaux moves
up at Enacomm
Project management and business
operations veteran Cagla Darveaux
was promoted to senior vice presi-
dent of business development opera-
tions at fintech provider Enacomm.
In conjunction with oversight of day-
to-day activities, Darveaux will be
responsible for establishing a busi-
ness operations team; she will also
accelerate revenue-generating proj-
ects and ensure that they are on track.
Before joining Enacomm, Darveaux
spent more than nine years consulting
in project and program management.
She also held management roles at
AustinCSI, Merchant Customer
Exchange, Isis Mobile Commerce, First
Choice Power, Securus Technologies,
FedEx Kinko's, Telvista and Customer
Solutions Group, among others.
Colleen Shannon joins equipifi

Fintech company equipifi appointed
Colleen Shannon as its chief financial
officer. Shannon will oversee finance
and operations at equipifi, playing
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