Revolut
John Sievwright joined the Revolut Board in July 2021. He had a 20 year career with Merrill Lynch holding global leadership positions, latterly Chief Operating Officer - International. He earlier worked in finance and accounting roles at Bankers Trust and Bank of Tokyo International, having begun his career as an auditor at Ernst & Young where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. While at Merrill Lynch he was President of the Futures Industry Association. Mr Sievwright has been a Director of Burford Capital since May 2020 and serves on its Audit and Compensation Committees. He is a former senior independent director (SID) and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee at ICAP plc (later NEX Group) and former SID and Chairman of the Audit Committee of FirstGroup plc. He has an MA in Accountancy and Economics from the University of Aberdeen.
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Revolut
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Revolut is an app-based financial services technology company. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in the UK, Revolut serves 20 million customers around the world as they make over 250 million transactions per month. They have over 5,000 employees in offices around the world, including New York, Tokyo, Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Mexico City, Berlin, Budapest and Bucharest with further expansion planned. Revolut offers both personal and business accounts, helping customers improve their financial health and easily connect with the global economy through a variety of features, including On Demand Pay, personalized Loans, Pet Insurance, Currency Exchange, Budgeting and Analytics, peer-to-peer payments, Saving Vaults, Junior, Stays, and Trading. Revolut’s top five countries, based on the number of retail customers, are the UK with 4.8 million customers, Romania with 2 million, Ireland with 1.9 million, Poland with 1.7 million, and France with 1.5 million customers. In 2021, Revolut raised a $800 million Series E round led by Softbank and Tiger Global, valuing the business at $33 billion.