Laurent was appointed CEO, PayU in 2016 and is a member of the Prosus Executive Team. He is responsible for developing our global fintech proposition, including all payments and credit operations across 18 high-growth markets as well as all strategic fintech investments. Laurent has guided the company to profitability and PayU’s volume of payments (TPV) has doubled in the last two years to nearly $30 billion. He has secured near to  $1 billion of investments in fintech partnerships and acquisitions, notably Citrus Pay and Paysense in India, Iyzico in Turkey and Remitly in the US, where he is also a member of the board.  Laurent holds an MBA from the London Business School and is a graduate of Bocconi University in Italy and HEC in France.

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