Finance Monthly CEO Awards 2017 Edition

FINANCE MONTHLY CEO AWARDS 2017 www.finance-monthly.com 118 NEW ZEALAND LEIGH FLOUNDERS CEO at Latipay Email: leigh.flounders@latipay.net | Web: www.latipay.net ABOUT LEIGH FLOUNDERS As CEO of Latipay, Leigh has led and grown one of the most progressive and iconic FinTech brands across Australia and New Zealand to achieve a staggering transactional growth metric of 13,000% over the last fifteen months, whilst securing one of the largest Series A offshore funding rounds ever in New Zealand. Leading Latipay, Leigh has worked with some of the most iconic and innovative Chinese institutions such as Tencent, Baidu, JD.Com, Alipay and many of the main Chinese banks. Inspiring businesses to embrace data and below the line strategies are his motivation. Having partnered with some of the most innovative brands and businesses in New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, China, Singapore and the US, Leigh prides himself on providing the best possible business insights and solutions for the enterprises he works with. Having a successful background in entrepreneurship and over 16 years experience in banking and finance, Leigh brings a rare quality of progressive thinking, compliance and productivity to a highly regulated institutional industry. Smart data and innovative business strategy are the backbone of Leigh’s professional thought patterns. AREAS OF EXPERTISE ● Financial Technology (FinTech) ● High Growth Business ● Entrepreneurship ● Financial Services ● Compliance ● Payments ● China e-commerce and payments ● Digital Lead Generation ● Integrated Data Solutions ● Go To Market Strategy FIRM PROFILE Latipay is the 2016 Australia New Zealand Internet Awards (ANZIA) Main Prize Winner of Tech Start Up Of The Year – Melbourne Australia. The Payments & FinTech Finalist for South By South West (SXSW Awards March 2017) – Austin Texas, and a winner for the prestigious New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards Start Up Company Of The Year 2017 – Auckland New Zealand. Latipay provides a first to market, fully compliant payment solution to facilitate payments from China to the rest of the world. In addition to accepting payments from 19 Chinese banks, Latipay can also accept payments from the four largest e-payment wallets (Alipay, WeChat, JDPay and Baidu Pay). These payment providers make up the bulk of all online transactions in China. Latipay works with some of the most iconic institutional and enterprise businesses that interact with China across the e-commerce, education, export, travel, insurance and software verticals. Latipay technology has been created to incorporate regulation, funds flow, compliance and customisable API’s, providing products for invoicing, e-commerce and point of sale.