About Lindsay Robertson

I am a proven and capable senior executive with a focus on cards and payments and over 35 years’ experience in Financial Services and the Public Sector. With a comprehensive and well developed set of skills, I deliver excellence in programme, commercial, operations and change management, particularly across multi-channel payment platforms and retail banking. With unique expertise in cards, payments and transit, I have delivered solutions for the Home Office, the Department for Transport, and Transport for London's Oyster programme. Before joining Witstock, I led ITSO Ltd and was responsible for returning the Company to profitability, through driving efficiencies, refreshing the revenue lines, and delivering ITSO’s services more effectively to its growing member and supplier base. I currently lead Optimus Cards, a UK based, FCA authorised subsidiary of Uphold, the US based digital money platform that serves more than 4 million customers in over 150 countries. Prior to joining Optimus, I fulfilled several executive roles, on an interim basis, with the Omnio group, and sat as an independent NED on the Boards of Omnio's subsidiaries, Appleton Computer Ltd and Omnio EMI Ltd. I am approved by the FCA as an "EMD Individual" and hold the SMF1 role for Optimus I previously worked with banks and for related suppliers, as a consultant with PA Consulting and Accenture and in a range of management roles, and have been responsible for setting up new, and re-organising poorly performing, business units. I have an MBA from the University of Edinburgh and am a Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland. Experience in Payment Systems - domestic, pre-paid, debit & credit card; smart cards & NFC - for ticketing, payments, identification & security; retail banking - distribution channels, operations, self service. Board experience as an executive & non-executive director; programme & project management; change management; commercial management; negotiation; expert witness; due diligence; market & product strategy; business unit leadership & line management.