18 July 2024
Boku Inc.
("Boku" or the
"Company" and, together
with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
Appointment of new Chief
Financial Officer
Boku, a leading provider of global
mobile payment solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of
Rob Whittick as its new Chief Financial Officer with immediate
effect.
Rob, a Chartered Accountant, joins
the Boku executive team and Board having spent over 25 years at
Natwest Group plc (formerly Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc)
where he held a number of senior roles, including Finance Director
for Commercial and Private Banking from 2014 - 2019, which
accounted for £5.7bn annual revenues in 2019. More recently, he
served as Group Chief of Staff and a member of the Group Executive
Committee reporting to the CEO. Rob has also recently concluded a
three-year term as a Non-Executive Director of Motability
Operations Group plc.
Stuart Neal, Boku's CEO, commented: "We are delighted that Rob has
joined the Boku team at what is a truly exciting time for the
Company. He brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge,
in particular financial and operational expertise from within a
large and complex organisation, invaluable as we progress our own
scaling journey. I am looking forward to working with Rob and
furthering Boku's position as the world leading global network for
localised payment solutions."
Rob
Whittick, Boku's newly appointed CFO,
commented: "I am excited to be joining Boku at such an important time in
the Company's development. I am delighted to have the opportunity
to leverage my domestic and international financial services
experience to help Boku continue to evolve to support its customers
across the globe. I look forward to working closely with Stuart and
the team to drive continued growth and innovation, and to
contribute to Boku's ongoing success."
Additional information
The following information is being
disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 and paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of
the AIM Rules for Companies.
Robert James Whittick, aged 56, has
been a director or partner of the following companies or
partnerships during the five years preceding the date of this
announcement:
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Current directorships:
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Past directorships (last five years)
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No current directorships
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Motability Operations Group
plc
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Adam & Company Group
Limited
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Save as set out above there are no further disclosures required
pursuant to Rule 17 or Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules
for Companies.
Enquiries:
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Boku,
Inc.
Stuart Neal, Chief Executive Officer
Rob Whittick, Chief Financial
Officer
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+44 (0)20 3934 6630
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Investec
(Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)
Edward Knight / Nick Prowting
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+44 (0)20 7597 5970
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Peel Hunt LLP
(Joint Broker)
Neil Patel / Ben Cryer / Kate
Bannatyne
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+44 (0)20 7418 8900
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IFC Advisory
Limited (Financial PR & IR)
Tim Metcalfe / Graham Herring / Florence
Chandler
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+44 (0)20 3934 6630
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Notes to
Editors
Boku Inc. (AIM: BOKU) is a leading
global provider of mobile payment solutions. Boku's mobile-first
payments network, including mobile wallets, direct carrier billing,
and account to account/real-time payments schemes, reaching over
7.5 billion mobile payment accounts through a single
integration.
Customers that trust Boku to
simplify sign-up, acquire new paying users and prevent fraud
include global leaders such as Amazon, Meta Platforms, Google,
Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Spotify and Tencent.
Boku Inc. was incorporated in 2008
and is headquartered in London, UK, with offices in the US, India,
Brazil, China, Estonia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan,
Singapore, Spain, Taiwan and Vietnam.
To learn more about Boku Inc.,
please visit: https://www.boku.com