Wise Appoints Former ICE CFO Scott Hill to Board of Directors as Cross-Border Ambitions Grow

Wise, the global technology firm focused on international money movement, has appointed Scott Hill to its board as an independent non-executive director. Hill brings decades of high-level experience leading and serving on the boards of major global technology and consumer businesses. Scott Hill, board member and non-executive director at Wise Hill’s extensive background includes a 14-year tenure between 2007 and 2021 as the chief financial officer of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., the pioneering fintech parent company of the New York Stock Exchange. Earlier in his career, he served as an international finance executive for IBM from 1991 to 2007. Currently, Hill holds the position of chairman of the board of directors at CS Disco and serves as a board member and chair of the audit committee at Cardlytics. Capturing a $43trillion market opportunity The leadership at Wise highlighted Hill’s specific expertise as a major asset for the company’s next phase of growth. Kristo Käärmann, co-founder and chief executive officer of Wise, emphasized that Hill brings significant public company, finance, and U.S. markets expertise to the table. Käärmann noted that the addition strengthens the board as the company actively pushes to capture a greater share of the $43trillion annual market opportunity for cross-border payments. David Wells, chair at Wise, echoed this sentiment, stating that Hill’s deep experience as an operator, board member, and former CFO of a global exchange makes him the perfect candidate to help the company pursue its overarching vision of building money without borders. Disrupting a regulated environment Commenting…

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