Thredd, the global next-generation payments platform, today announced that Brian Kieley has joined the organisation as Chief Client Officer effective immediately.  Kieley will lead the client success function globally, including teams across the UK, Europe, APAC and U.S. regions.

“Brian has a long-standing reputation as a product, client relationship and operations leader within the payments industry,” said Jim McCarthy – CEO, Thredd.  “I’ve had the pleasure of working with Brian for many years and he sets the standard for client support.  His track record of increasing client satisfaction and driving payments programme success is truly unmatched.”

Kieley has led client-facing teams at well-known organisations throughout the payments ecosystem globally for more than 25 years.  He has held senior executive roles at Visa, where he spent 15 years, at Marqeta heading card programme management, and at Worldpay, as well as leading his own customer service consultancy.  His experience spans bank/partner management, client operations, implementations, and business process improvements across large-scale, multi-lingual teams. 

“The opportunity to join the Thredd team as they expand their business globally is exciting,” said Brian Kieley – Chief Client Officer - Thredd. “It’s not often that you have the chance to jump on board with an organisation at such a key inflexion point.  Thredd’s varied client base comprises businesses who are delivering real value in B2B payments, BNPL, cross border payouts and digital banking to name a few.  I’m looking forward to being a part of their growth journey.”