Former Goldman Sachs partner Christian Channell has joined Clowd9 as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Channell’s extensive experience in financial planning and operations, as well as his expertise in front-to-back function management, will support Clowd9’s decentralized payment processing platform.
Facts
- Christian Channell, a former partner at Goldman Sachs, has been appointed as the CFO of Clowd9.
- Clowd9 is a cloud-native decentralized payment processing platform catering to traditional banks, neobanks, and fintech companies.
- The platform was founded in October by Cosmo Spens, Artur Grabowski, Robert Hampel, Peter Selman, and Suresh Vaghjiani, who currently serves as the CEO.
- Clowd9 is scaling rapidly and aims to provide global accessibility and efficiency in payment processing.
- Channell’s 25-year career at Goldman Sachs included leading the transformation of financial information systems and overseeing global product control.
- In his role as CFO, Channell will be responsible for financial planning, accounting, and business operations, working closely with CEO Suresh Vaghjiani.
- Clowd9’s decentralized cloud-native model, enabling global payment processing through multiple ‘instances,’ will benefit from Channell’s expertise in front-to-back function management.
