People on the Move: Joel Leonoff, Optimal Payments
Optimal Payments, a London-based online payments and risk management provider, announced that President and CEO Joel Leonoff was named CEO of the year at the U.K. Stock Market Awards 2014 last month. The awards, run by MSM Media Group owner of Shares Magazine, recognize companies and individuals that are judged to have contributed the most to creating shareholder value. The company’s share price has risen 150 percent in the past year, alone, creating a market capitalization of more than $1 billion as of March 2014, according to the company.
