ConnexPay hires payments “titan” Blair Jeffery as COO
ConnexPay, an Atlanta-based paytech that combines payments acceptance and virtual payments issuing in a single platform, has appointed Blair Jeffery as its new chief operating officer (COO).
ConnexPay COO Blair Jeffery
Described by the firm as a payments industry “titan”, Jeffery brings more than 20 years’ worth of experience to the role. He previously served as CEO at Vertical and COO at Noventis.
At Noventis, Jeffery managed a network of more than 5,000 bank relationships and 250,000 suppliers. He has also held senior roles in operations and business development across payments and fintech.
In his role as COO at ConnexPay, Jeffery will lead the company’s core strategic and operational teams, including product strategy, marketing, project management, implementations, customer success and legal.
Speaking on his appointment, Jeffery says he is “committed to getting in front of growth challenges before they become impediments to revenue and retention”, adding the ConnexPay platform is “already being utilised in several very large market segments”.
Bob Kaufman, founder and CEO at ConnexPay, says Jeffery’s many years of payments industry experience “bring tremendous value to our organisation, especially at this stage of our growth”.
