A missed ride started it all

Elio has over two decades of experience in data science and financial services creating multiple global businesses with a passion to bring improvement and innovation to the sector.

Most notably, he served in several roles with Experian including Global Managing Director of Decision Analytics.

Additionally, Elio created and led as CEO, Experian MicroAnalytics, which became the largest nano-lending operation globally, issuing over 2M loans per day in over 30 countries.

Ze’ev is a serial entrepreneur and top tier business development executive having developed and grown multiple global businesses in the Telcom, National Security, Defense, and Financial Services Sector.

Prior to FlexFactor, he founded Wirefree Corp, grew Trivnet and helped it to a successful strategic sale, led alliances for Utiba Mobile Commerce, led Business Development at Experian Microanalytics, and was General Partner for GMS, a leading Global Messaging platform monetizing services across hundreds of mobile operators and enterprises around the world.

Guy has over 10+ years experience as a software developer and architect based in the heart of the Israeli tech community having worked across both enterprise and start-up environments.

Prior to FlexFactor, Guy was CTO at UpStart, a software house for technology start-ups ranging from development stage companies to more mature groups focused on global expansion. Guy was also co-founder of Israelapt.com, a comprehensive apartment bookings platform.

Rehman has been on the edge of fintech innovation for over a decade, with global payments experience across every major region.

He serves on the Board of the Electronic Transactions Association, the world's leading advocacy and trade association for the payments industry.

Prior to FlexFactor, he led Adyen's global partnerships organization, and sat on the global payments leadership team. Prior to that, he held leadership roles at industry disruptors including Square and PayPal.

Philip has over 25 years of international banking and payment experience across North America, Europe, LATAM, and Africa.

He currently serves as EVP, SME at Worldpay. Prior experiences include CEO of Paysafe where we listed the company on the NYSE at a $12B valuation, President and EVP of TSYS, CEO of Payments at Barclays, and various roles with Citigroup.

As Board Advisor, Philip partnered with Elio and Ze’ev to take on a broad range of operational roles to help FlexFactor grow to its true potential.

Don serves as Chairman of the London Stock Exchange Group, the leading global financial markets infrastructure business. He is Chair of Council of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Founding Partner of Corten Capital, and Technology Advisor to the Bank of England.

Previously, Don was Chairman of Experian plc, a global information and analytics business, from 2014 to 2019. Prior to this, he was Group CEO of Experian plc from 2005 to 2014. Don was also Non-Executive Director at Compass Group plc, Non-Executive Director of the Court of Directors, Bank of England, and Non-Executive Director at First Advantage Corp.

Adoram has over 25 years of experience as both a Founder/CEO and as a Venture Capitalist.

He founded Moneta VC in 2013 as a leading Israeli VC firm that invests in Data Transformation startups across Fintech, Insuretech, and FinCyber.

Prior to starting Moneta VC, Adoram worked as Managing Director, M&A Banking for GrowthPoint Technology Partners and as Founder and Managing Partner of StageOne Ventures.

Charles Birnbaum is a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. He invests in early stage and promising financial services, consumer, and education companies in the U.S. and Europe. He has a strong interest in fintech infrastructure, embedded financial services, and the entrepreneurs that are solving the hardest problems facing both consumers and businesses in our current financial system.

Before joining Bessemer in 2013, Charles was one of the earliest team members at Foursquare, the location-based mobile application and social network, where he helped to bring forth the company’s first merchant-facing tools. During the company’s growth phase, Charles became the director of mobile and international business development and built strategic partnerships with media companies, carriers, and OEMs in key growth markets.

Prior to Foursquare, Charles spent six years in investment banking and equity capital markets focusing on the technology, media, and telecom sectors.