About us

Jamie Walker was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Elavon in 2017 and is responsible for leading more than 4,000 employees in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe.

Since joining Elavon in 2001, Jamie has managed complex initiatives, including acquisitions and international expansion in his previous role as Chief Financial Officer for Elavon, to assessing risk and opportunities for sustainable, strategic growth in his former role as Chief Administrative Officer for U.S. Bank’s Payment Services division.

Jamie holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and marketing from Emory University, and is based in Atlanta, United States.

Declan Lynch was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Elavon Financial Services (EFS) in 2006 and is responsible for leading more than 2,000 employees in Ireland, UK, Germany, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Spain and Luxembourg. EFS is a fully-chartered Irish bank, wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. In addition to its leading payment-processing solutions, EFS also operates a number of fast-growing investment services businesses in Europe including Trust, Depositary and Custody.
 

Declan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin, and is based in Dublin.

Hannah Fitzsimons is the President and General Manager of Elavon. She is currently responsible for the revenue and growth of Elavon across Europe and its 1,600 employees across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Norway, Poland and Spain.

During her 14 years at Elavon, Hannah has progressively taken on more responsibility, from her first role as Head of International Corporate Sales in 2005, becoming Head of Sales in Europe in 2012 and Managing Director UK & International Corporate in January 2016. She began her career at NatWest and Citibank prior to joining Elavon.

Hannah also served as a board member of the UK Finance subcommittee and is currently a member of Visa’s UK Council.

Hannah holds a Bachelor of Science in economics and politics from London Metropolitan University and is based in London.

Clare Halligan has been Head of eCommerce at Elavon since 2018, where she leads the development of customer-centric eCommerce, online and mobile payment solutions across Europe.

She has extensive experience in payments and eCommerce, having held positions at First Data and Realex Payments.

Claire has an MBA from UCD Michael Smurfit Business School and also studied at the Dublin Institute of Technology and Trinity College Dublin.

Colin Close was appointed Managing Director, UK and International Corporate for Elavon in Europe in December 2017. In his current role, Colin is responsible for Elavon’s customer channels and leads on the strategic initiatives which underpin Elavon’s largest revenue market, the United Kingdom.  Colin is also part of Elavon’s international leadership team working on future strategy and business direction.

Colin has significant experience in leading the transformation of Elavon’s European business and building Elavon’s global partnerships with large corporates, with over 12 years in the payments industry with positions at both Elavon and Barclays Bank.

Colin holds a Bachelor of Science in business studies from Aston University and is based in Reading, England.

Eric Horgan is Head of Product for Elavon and is a member of Elavon’s European leadership team.

Prior to this role, Eric was Country Manager, Ireland for Elavon. He has over 15 years' experience in the payments industry, eight of those at Elavon, including roles as Vice President of New Product Innovation and Head of Product Management for Europe. He is a specialist in eCommerce, strategy, product development and management, as well as programme delivery.

Eric holds a Master's in Business Studies from University College Dublin and is based in Ireland.

Sean Wilson joined Elavon as Managing Director following the acquisition and integration of Sage Pay (now named Opayo) in March 2020. Sean is responsible for leading Opayo and driving the transformation of the business through organisational change.

Sean had worked for Sage Pay for more than eight years, most recently as Chief Operating Officer. He has extensive experience both in North America and Europe driving the growth of innovative, customer-focused businesses such as Integral and Cisco.

He holds a master’s degree from the Trinity College Dublin in International Business. Sean is a member of the Elavon Merchant Services European Leadership team.