About Melinda Roylett

Melinda Roylett leads the European business at Square. She joined the company in 2018 and is responsible for growing the business across the region. She oversees a range of business functions including sales, marketing, business development, partnerships and strategy. Before joining Square, Melinda worked for PayPal, where she was responsible for managing the Small and Medium Business segment across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Over nearly 10 years at PayPal, Melinda spearheaded many innovations including its mobile in-store and app products, servicing and consumer checkout experiences, as well as the integration of Braintree Payments. Previously, Melinda led the Cards and Payments, Insurance and Cross Sell Division of Lloyds TSB Bank where she managed a multi-million dollar portfolio. Prior to that, she was a consultant at Boston Consulting Group. Melinda Roylett holds a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales, Australia and an MBA awarded jointly by Columbia and London Business School. This year, Melinda was awarded in the Senior Leaders category of Innovate Finance’s Top 150 Women in Finance Powerlist 2018. In 2017, she was nominated for inclusion as one of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Technology and in 2014 she was named as one of the Management Today’s ‘35 Women to Watch in Business Under 35’. Melinda is a Director of the UK Foundation of the University of New South Wales and an investor in a number of startups.