About Spencer Hanlon

Spencer Hanlon is the Global Head of Travel Payments at Nium. Based out of London, Spencer is responsible for growing Nium’s scale by consolidating the company’s position as one of the region’s earliest issuers of virtual cards and a leading embedded fintech company that powers frictionless commerce for businesses of any size.  In his role Spencer manages Nium’s regional business development and account management teams, stakeholding cross-region operations, including finance, HR, compliance and IT to ensure the overall growth and success of the company.   Prior to joining Nium, Spencer held various leadership positions in British Airways over the course of a decade. Wherein, he experienced working and living in several markets including UK, Taiwan, Malaysia, Switzerland, Israel and Turkey. He furthered his career in travel payments with almost two decades at Lufthansa’s AirPlus International where he led teams in sales, marketing, processing, operations, customer services – culminating in a stint as Managing Director of AirPlus International GmbH based out of their headquarters in Frankfurt Germany. He joined Nium directly from Ixaris Group Ltd where he was Chairman at the time of the acquisition.  Spencer Hanlon holds a bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, is a qualified CIMA Management Accountant and certified GTD Coach.