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Huw Davies

About Huw Davies

https://ozoneapi.com/
Huw Davies, An experienced executive with a successful track record of building payments businesses and delivering transformational growth. He believes open banking, open finance, and open data will change the world. It excites him and all of his professional focus is on trying to make that happen. He spent the first part of his career (20+ years) in banking and payments, having great fun building high-growth businesses, divisions, and teams at places like Barclays, MasterCard, and HSBC. The second part of his career (the last 5 or 6 years) has been EVEN more fun, having moved out of big banks and turning his attention to building fintech startups. He feels privileged and is really excited to be working with a great team to build Ozone API and make that belief a reality. Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer. Huw is former Global Head of Payments at HSBC and Head of Emerging Payments at MasterCard, with a successful track record delivering global go to market strategies and revenue growth. Huw led the growth of open banking in the UK as Ecosystem Development Director at OBIE. Where he is focused on accelerating open banking by assisting banks in delivering great, standards-based APIs and providing technology to build a thriving ecosystem.With a background in business development and management, Huw has a wealth of experience in driving growth and innovation in the financial services industry. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors at the Emerging Payments Association. HuIs dedication and leadership skills have been instrumental in his success throughout his career.

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