Executive committee

Tony D'Souza

Chief Executive Officer

In January 2018, Tony D’Souza had been appointed Chief Executive Officer replacing Anthony Wagerman. Tony D’Souza joined Travelex as CFO in March 2016 and is a member of Travelex’s Group Board and Executive Committee. Prior to this, Tony served as Managing Director with Evercore’s European FIG team and as Partner at Lexicon Partners. Tony has a wide range of experience in transaction execution, mergers, acquisitions, listings and corporate finance activity, including assisting with the acquisition of Travelex by Dr B R Shetty in 2015. He received a first class Engineering Science degree (MEng) from Oxford University and trained as a chartered accountant at Deloitte & Touche, London.

Daryl Norman

Compliance and Risk Director

Daryl Norman became Compliance and Risk Director at Travelex in June 2011, and joined the Executive Committee in December 2011. Before joining Travelex, Daryl was Head of Internal Audit for Regulatory and Operational Risk at Lloyds Banking Group.

Prior to this, Daryl held a number of senior risk, compliance and operations roles in the Retail and Commercial Banks of Barclays, including Compliance Director for Mortgages and Banking Operations, Head of Operational Risk for UK Retail Banking and Head of Risk Operations.

Daryl qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG and has a Bsc in Economics from Leicester University.

James Birch

General Counsel

James Birch was appointed General Counsel of Travelex in March 2002. He also sits on the Board of Travelex Holdings Limited as an Executive Director.

Before this, James served as Senior Vice President of Business Affairs and General Counsel for the International Theatres Division of Warner Bros. He worked from 1993 to 1996 in both a legal and business role at Rio Tinto PLC.

James began his career with Freshfields, where he worked from 1988 to 1993, qualifying as a solicitor in 1990. He has a degree in Economics from the University of Manchester, and studied and passed his Law Society exams at law school in London.

Steve O'Donovan

Chief Commercial Officer

As Chief Commercial Officer, Steve O’Donovan is responsible for Travelex’s business development and key account management across Travelex’s products and services. He is also responsible for Travelex’s Wholesale & Outsourcing and Vault and Cash operations.

Steve joined Travelex in 2001 and has held a number of senior sales and product development roles. He has been Managing Director of Travelex Currency Services UK since 2007.

Before joining Travelex, Steve worked in various sales and marketing roles for blue chip organisations, including Friends Provident and Autoglass.

Victoria Bénis-Lonsdale

Group Company Secretary

Victoria Bénis-Lonsdale joined Travelex in May 2017 and was appointed Group Company Secretary on 1 September 2017. She is the secretary of the Group Board, the Group Audit and Risk Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Group Executive Committee.

Prior to joining Travelex, Victoria held various senior company secretarial positions in both UK listed and private equity owned companies. She started her career in Luxembourg, working for different law firms.

Victoria is a law graduate and an Associate Member of the ICSA, the Governance Institute. She holds a Master of European Affairs from Lund University in Sweden and a LL.M. in International Law & Business from Suffolk Law School in the U.S.

Gareth Williams

Chief Innovation & Transformation Officer

Gareth has been a member of the Travelex Executive Committee since March 2013. Gareth’s role includes leading the Strategy team, the Global HR Team, the Retail Centre of Excellence and he also has accountability for driving innovation across the business. Gareth has also recently taken on an extended role supporting the Shareholders with the cultural change strategy for Finablr Group (and its subsidiary businesses). Prior to Travelex Gareth held roles in Goldman Sachs, BT and Sainsbury’s. Gareth holds a MBA from London Business School, a first class honours degree in Psychology from UCL and is alumnus of Harvard Business School and Stanford Business School. Gareth holds a non-Executive role for Hakkasan Group where he acts as the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and is also an advisor for the Terence Higgins Trust.

Jaap Remijn

Chief Operating Officer

In 2017 Jaap Remijn has been appointed to a position of Chief Operating Officer. Jaap works closely with Tony D’Souza, Chief Executive Officer, on delivering the strategic objectives for the Group and in particular to ensure Travelex has the right infrastructure and best capabilities to build on the strong momentum achieved in 2017.

Jaap joined Travelex in October 2017, leading the Group’s Dutch subsidiary. This followed a 18 year banking career, latterly as Managing Director, Deutsche Bank.