Contis Group, the UK-based alternative banking and payments company, named Thomas Gregory as group chief executive officer (CEO). He will work with Peter Cox, chairman of Contis, which he founded in 2008 as an investment company focusing on alternative payments.
Gregory joins Contis from Skrill, the London-based global payment processor, which was recently acquired by Optimal Payments and rebranded as Paysafe Group. Gregory, who was Skrill’s group senior vice president (SVP) operations, previously worked in a number of senior roles in organisations including PayU, Barclaycard, Barclays, and FirstCaribbean Bank.