Paulette Rowe

A high-profile leader in the payments industry, Paulette brings over 20 years’ international experience and deep knowledge of the payments eco-system and payments technology to Paysafe. Before joining Paysafe she was Head of Payments and Financial Services Partnerships for Facebook where she was tasked with enabling Facebook to accept payments across nearly 200 markets and supporting the build of new commerce and payment propositions across Facebook’s family of apps, including WhatsApp and Instagram. In this role she also led the global business development effort which selected and signed payment partners in the U.S. and other markets.

Prior to joining Facebook, she ran Barclaycard Payment Solutions, Europe’s second largest merchant payment processor. Before Barclaycard, she held roles at GE Capital, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Tesco Personal Finance (now Tesco Bank) and NBNK Investments. Paulette is also currently a Non-Executive Director of the FTSE 100-listed United Utilities Group plc.

Paulette has been named one of the most influential women in payments by PaymentsSource. She was also named as one of the UK’s top 10 most influential people of African or African Caribbean heritage in the 2019 and 2020 Power List and is also listed in the Digital Banking Club’s Power 50 – a list of the most influential thought leaders in European financial services.