For many businesses, borders have become a thing of the past thanks to online everything. A business in the UK can easily sell to a customer in Brazil for example. New customer bases and potential for revenue can be established more quickly and easily than ever before. But this simplicity and accessibility comes to a crashing halt when it comes to how businesses pay and get paid. Traditionally, businesses have been forced to knit together a patchwork of providers to move money around the world. It’s costly, slow, labour-intensive and inefficient.
Early on we realised that our curated set of capabilities perfecrtly suited the workforce sector - Payroll and Employer of Record, Contractors and Pension payments, as our infrastructure is built to execute millions of payments via local channels, arriving in full, with the right references, on time every time. We added to these capabilities a unique global solution for paying local tax authority, other statutory and non-mandatory payroll benefits, requiring specialist industry knowledge. Since then, we have realised that these attributes - speed, accuracy, compliance and reach - are also critical for other industries such as travel, e-commerce and digital platforms.
We knew there must be a better way. And so we’re making that better way a reality. Enter Navro.
Founded by FinTech experts Aran Brown and Eddie Harrison, Navro helps businesses smoothly navigate their growth into foreign markets by providing them with access to the best payments infrastructure around the world through one contract and one API. Making borders a thing of the past, and enabling businesses to scale more smoothly than ever before.
Aran has spent the last 15 years scaling and transforming payments companies. From accelerating Travelex’s growth in Europe through to its acquisition by Western Union for $1BN. Shortly followed by supporting Skrill’s growth in emerging markets and FX, through to its sale to Optimal Payments for €1.1 billion. Following that Aran then launched HyperWallet in Europe, a leading marketplace payouts platform, pre-sale to Paypal. In 2018 Aran was made CEO of Ixaris Group, a leading virtual card issuance platform focused on travel marketplaces, now part of NIUM. Aran has industrialised everything across FX, payouts, card issuing, payment acceptance, and open banking - and now he is using that experience, along with the founding team, to bring the Navro curation platform to online markets, so that complex payment flows are no longer a barrier to rapid growth and entry into new markets.
Eddie's career spans both B2B and B2C markets across payment acceptance, issuance, and payment infrastructure. From building market leading global payment products at Fortune 500 businesses Western Union and Travelex, to innovating in the card space with market disruptors Loot and Ixaris, to growing payment acceptance at Token and Yapstone. Eddie has run Global Strategies, Financial Networks and Product for his entire career. He is also a seed investor within the FinTech community. Now, he’s combining it all to build Navro’s Curation platform and make scaling simple.
With a background covering payment operations, legal, settlements and IT, Mike is a practical and hands-on leader with a focus on execution. Before joining Navro Mike was Compliance Director and MLRO at Google, Founder of ERMI (a Transaction Monitoring service), and held a series of senior roles across multiple payments unicorns including Travelex/WUBS, and Ebury. Outside of work he is also the AML and Tech lead, as well as the regulatory liaison to the FCA for AFEP (A trade body for payments firms) through which he has provided guidance and training to law enforcement and regulators across Europe. An expert in his field, Mike holds multiple degrees in: Law; Governance Risk and Compliance; A Postgraduate Diploma in Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC); and a masters degree in the Prevention of Organised Crime and Terrorism.
Jimmy is an experienced CFO, having spent around the last 15 years supporting high growth FinTech businesses, and Banks such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, TransferMate and Paysafe. Jimmy’s experience in helping businesses scale is unmatched, having led Series A and B fundraises consisting of Unicorn valuations. An ACCA qualified accountant with a history of managing companies with multi-jurisdictional regulatory licenses, his expertise will support Navro’s financial growth strategy and corporate development.
With over 20 years of experience in the payments industry, Mark is a seasoned technology leader with a proven track record of delivering scalable, secure, and innovative technology solutions in complex, high-growth environments. Mark has served as CTO and IT Director for the likes of TransGlobal Payment Solutions (later Equiniti), and InoVirtue to name a few.
At Navro, Mark is responsible for driving the company’s technical strategy, ensuring our platform remains cutting-edge, reliable, and ready to meet the evolving needs of our customers. His expertise and leadership are central to Navro’s mission of revolutionising cross-border payments.
With over 30 years of experience within the Payments space, Neil brings extensive expertise from global enterprises and start-ups alike, having held senior roles at Travelex, Custom House, Natwest Markets, Yapstone and more. A proven entrepreneur, Neil previously founded TransGlobal Payment Solutions which sold to Equiniti in 2015.
As Navro's Chief Product Officer, Neil is leading the development of our cutting-edge Curation technology, which empowers businesses to transact globally. His blend of strategic vision and hands-on expertise ensures Navro continues to deliver exceptional value to its customers while shaping the future of cross-border payments.
Tracey brings extensive experience in risk management, compliance, and financial services technology to Navro, where she plays a crucial in overseeing a robust risk framework for our international operations.
Prior to her appointment at Navro, Gernon held senior risk management roles at the Irish operations of a number of international financial services businesses, including Paysend and Utmost. Her experience in managing IT governance and cyber-risk will be key in harnessing innovative tools and systems to enhance risk identification and mitigation.
Nick Tubb is the Chief Revenue Officer at Navro, bringing over 25 years of deep expertise in payments, fintech, and international commercial leadership to the role. Before joining Navro, Nick held senior positions at companies including Shift4 Europe, where he led growth following their acquisition of Finaro, and Ingenico ePayments, where he served as VP of Commercial Affairs, responsible for global sales strategy, mobile & online commerce.
Throughout his career, Nick has spearheaded expansion into new markets across Europe, the UK, Asia Pacific and the Americas, building scalable teams in high-growth environments and combining strategic vision with hands-on execution. At Navro, Nick will focus on scaling the platform, driving revenue growth, and leveraging his extensive experience to achieve robust commercial success.
While SEPA and Faster Payments have made moving money across European borders relatively simple, pension administrators face a tougher challenge when it comes to retirees who’ve packed their bags for destinations beyond Europe.
