About Philip McHugh

Philip McHugh is career leader in finance and payments with over 30 years of experience across multiple markets. He is currently EVP & Group President of Worldpay and Chairman of the Vodeno Group, a leading BaaS platform in Europe. Prior to these roles, Philip invested in and helped launch, FlexFactor, a leading payments optimization platform. He was also the CEO of Paysafe, a global leader in specialized payments including digital wallets, Ecash alternate payments, scaled e-commerce, and SMB Payment solutions. During the three years at Paysafe, he engineered a material business clean up and turn around, took the company public through one of the largest SPACs in the market ($2.2bn PIPE), and positioned the company for growth in sports betting and crypto. Prior to Paysafe, Philip was the senior executive vice president and president of TSYS Merchant Solutions. Philip joined TSYS in 2017 with more than 20 years of experience in international banking and payments. Prior to joining TSYS, he served as chief executive officer of Barclaycard Business Solutions, managing the payments division for Barclaycard, including merchant acquiring, commercial payments, and the sales finance division. He spent more than 10 years with the company, having also held the position of chief financial officer for Barclaycard. Prior to Barclays, Philip spent ten years with Citigroup covering Latin America, including management roles with their credit card division in Brazil. Philip McHugh is an avid traveler and has been fortunate to live all over the world, including Brazil, New York, Miami and London. He is fluent in Portuguese. In addition, Philip currently serves on the board of directors of the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA). He previously served on the board of directors of Woolworths Financial Services. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Emory University and an MBA, with a focus on International Business from the University of South Carolina. Philip is also a former competitive swimmer and still enjoys spending his free time in the water.