EMEA

AWARDS COMMITTEE

Meet the women who are giving back and paying it forward as the dedicated Committee members responsible for managing the Women in Payments EMEA Awards. 

BECKY CLEMENTS

BECKY CLEMENTS

Head of Industry Engagement

Pay.UK

BECKY CLEMENTS

Becky's career has spanned the oversight of payment centres, strategic planning initiatives, complex projects, and business operations while driving organisational growth.
She has extensive experience working with the payments industry and delivering long-term, sustainable value to both customers and business. An accomplished non-executive director, Becky has been appointed to 5 payment-related boards and a member of the Payment System Regulator advisory panel.
TRUDY CURTIS

TRUDY CURTIS

Managing Director EMEA
Head of Commercial Cards

Citi

TRUDY CURTIS

Trudy leads the Commercial Cards business for Citibank in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). She took responsibility for the end-to-end commercial cards business 3 months into the pandemic, pivoting the business to B2B and Leisure travel flows has been critical to its ongoing success.

Trudy has also worked several functions of the regional cards business: Operations and vendor management, Implementation and Project Management, Account Management and more recently, Sales.

CHARLOTTE DUERDEN

CHARLOTTE DUERDEN

Chief Customer Officer

American Express

CHARLOTTE DUERDEN

Charlotte, as chief customer officer is responsible for growing relationships with American Express customers internationally. By developing best-in-class products, evolving how to attract new customers and enhancing capabilities and processes, Charlotte and her team are transforming how the company connects with customers and enriching what it means to be a member.

Charlotte is passionate about ensuring AXP is a welcoming place where everyone can bring their whole selves to work.

KATE FITZGERALD

KATE FITZGERALD

Interim Head of Policy

PSR

KATE FITZGERALD

In her career Kate has led change and transformation in payments, banking, and operations. She specialises in leading large transformational programmes for end-to-end payments in financial services.

Recently, Kate worked as a senior advisor on payment systems at the PSR. Previously she worked in several roles at Lloyds and led payment integrations for the merger with Halifax Bank of Scotland, and the Verde Divestment, ultimately becoming TSB's Payments Director.

KIRSTY MORRIS

KIRSTY MORRIS

Managing Director of Specialist Sales

Barclaycard

KIRSTY MORRIS

Kirsty has a 22-year career in Payments in Barclays. Working up through the organisation over this period has afforded her opportunity to understand the workings of the business in great detail. In addition, over this period Kirsty has been able to explore multiple different roles and opportunities to use her skills.

Now as a Managing Director, Kirsty has a huge interest in supporting colleagues and driving the agenda for Diversity.

HEMLATA NARASIMHAN

HEMLATA NARASIMHAN

European President of Merchant Services

Elavon

HEMLATA NARASIMHAN

Hemlata is the European President of Elavon, where she is responsible for 1,000 employees in seven countries. She leads Elavon’s customer-facing teams that provide payment services for small businesses and large Corporates through multiple channels, and the core product and commercial functions that support their delivery.

Through her career, Hemlata has also led strategic initiatives around small business growth, urban mobility, digital proposition development and diversification of partnerships and alliances.

PRIYANKA RATH

PRIYANKA RATH

Managing Director and the Head of Global Liquidity and Accounts Solutions

J.P. Morgan Payments

PRIYANKA RATH

Priyanka is a Managing Director and Head of Global Liquidity and Accounts Solutions specialists within J.P. Morgan Payments. Her group is responsible for delivering strategic solutions incorporating liquidity and account solutions, supporting Large Corporate and Financial Institutions clients.

With over 18 years of experience in Product and Client advisory roles, her areas of expertise include liquidity management, virtual accounts, cash investments, treasury transformation, working capital management and 3rd party monies.