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Our Board

Travelex's Board of Directors is made up of our non-executive chairman, three executive and four non-executive directors. Their combined experience across multiple industries puts this team in a strong position to shape the strategy to transform the competitive and market dynamics of the business.

Message from our Chairman

Travelex has developed a well-earned reputation from financial services regulators and industry bodies around the world for setting high benchmarks in compliance, integrity, customer service and brand value. I am proud to bring my leadership experience to serve Travelex as Chairman of the Board and of the Audit & Risk Committee as we navigate the next phase of our journey.

Since 2020, Travelex has operated through some of its most challenging times and emerged as a stronger business. Our path to recovery has been driven by hard decisions, courageous leadership and tireless efforts of our c. 5,500 colleagues across the globe. This period of transition to stability has given us a rare opportunity to re-evaluate our retail and wholesale customers’ needs, refocus and re-imagine the future of Travelex’s unique set of operating businesses.

Looking ahead, and as the world evolves, our ambition as a Board is to redefine what success means for Travelex and the customers we serve, and embrace the changes that will shape the next chapter of our growth journey, while maintaining the high values and principles that have underpinned the Travelex business for almost 50 years.

Alexander Filshie | Non-Executive - Chairman of the Board


  • Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee and member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee
  • Experienced Executive and Non-Executive Director
  • Multiple Chief Financial Officer roles in public and private entities
  • Over 35 years’ experience in global financial services
  • Built and led regulated business organisations
  • Executed multiple re-financing, cost restructuring and exit transactions

Message from our CEO

We are proud to be one of the market leading specialist providers of foreign exchange products and Travelex is determined to build upon its history, brand and market leading position.

Travelex’s mission is to simplify its customers’ access to international money. We will continue this mission, by building on the foundations we have today, modernising our approach where needed, enabling us to navigate a complex and ever-shifting FX industry.

We will listen to our customers’ needs, continue to innovate our products and services, and apply the benefits of our international scale to solve the foreign currency requirements of both our business and consumer customers. Through embedding a digital approach, we will allow our customers to engage with us when, where and how, in a way that works best for them. We will collaborate with all our stakeholders, including regulators, to achieve our ambitions across all the markets we choose to operate in.

Having largely overcome the difficult market conditions of recent times, I believe the company is now well placed to push forward, be ambitious, innovate, and grow.

Richard Wazacz | Executive - Chief Executive Officer


  • More than 14 years’ experience in financial and fintech industries
  • Considerable digital experience bringing a concerted focus on digital transformation to Travelex
  • Specialising in innovation, digital transformation and strategy

James Birch | Executive - General Counsel


  • Experienced General Counsel
  • Group Board Director and Executive Committee member
  • Senior lawyer with over 30 years’ experience
  • Led on numerous M&A, financing and commercial transactions
  • Deep experience of the foreign exchange and payments businesses

Mark Freedman | Executive - Chief Financial Officer


  • Senior finance professional with over 30 years’ experience in financial and professional services sectors
  • Group Board Director and Executive Committee member
  • Deep experience of leading multiple finance disciplines including external reporting, planning and analysis, business partnering, tax, major finance transformation initiatives and M&A

Donald Muir | Non-Executive


  • Chairman of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee
  • 30 years’ experience in the global manufacturing and services sectors
  • Transformed businesses across Europe, the Americas, Asia and emerging markets
  • Extensive expertise in successfully implementing complex turnaround and rapid growth scenarios for businesses on a global scale and delivering substantially improved stakeholder value

Nick Ghoussaini | Non-Executive


  • Member of the Remuneration Committee
  • Over 15 years' of experience working across industry groups in private equity and credit, including almost 10 years at Vector Capital
  • The portfolio manager for Vector Capital’s credit strategy