Appointment of Non-Executive Director

RNS Number : 0640X

Boku Inc

17 December 2019

 

Boku, Inc.

("Boku" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Boku (AIM: BOKU), the world's leading independent direct carrier commerce company, is pleased to announce that Stewart Roberts will join the Company from 1 January 2020 as an independent Non-Executive Director. He will also chair the Company's audit committee and be a member of the remuneration committee.

Stewart has over 30 years of experience in payments, banking and technology, across both start-ups and institutional employers and is a recognised payments industry expert in both the traditional and emerging payments space, as well as the mobile application sector.  Stewart had previous roles as Global Director of Innovation for Barclaycard and Head of International - Merchant Services for the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. More recently, Stewart was CFO and then Executive Vice President of iZettle AB and was a key member of the team that agreed the sale of iZettle to PayPal in May 2018 for US$2.2 billion.

Jon Prideaux, Boku CEO, commented: "We are delighted to welcome Stewart to the Boku Board.  He brings very valuable experience and an in-depth knowledge of the global payments sector to the Company, which will further strengthen the Board. I and my fellow Board members look forward to working with him as we continue to execute our growth strategy."

Enquiries:

Boku, Inc. Jon Prideaux, Chief Executive Officer Keith Butcher, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Edward Knight / Nick Prowting / Christopher Golden	[phone]
IFC Advisory Limited (Financial PR & IR) Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring / Florence Chandler	[phone]

Notes to Editors

Incorporated in 2008, Boku is the world's leading independent carrier commerce company. Boku's Platform, which is linked to billing, identity and sales systems of more than 170 mobile network operators, simplifies transacting on mobile devices. 

Boku's Payment products enable mobile phone users, of which there are more than five billion worldwide, to buy goods and services and charge them to their mobile phone bill or pre-pay balance. Its Identity Products are used to verify user details. Companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, PayPal, Spotify, Square, Sony and Western Union use Boku to simplify sign-up, acquire new paying users and prevent fraud.

Appendix

The following information is disclosed under AIM Rule 17 and Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Stewart Frank Roberts (aged 57 years).

Current directorships or partnerships:

iZettle Capital AB (due to leave the Board before 1 January 2020)

iZettle Marketing Germany GmbH (due to leave the Board before 1 January 2020)

Previous directorships or partnerships held in the past five years:

iZettle Merchant Services AB

iZettle do Brasil Meios de Pagamentos Ltd

No further information is required to be disclosed under AIM Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

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