About us
Meet The Team
We've brought together a team of seasoned innovators who are passionate about driving success for our clients
Senior Leadership Team
John Rayment
Chief Executive Officer
John brings a wealth of experience to Identitii, having supported many early-stage ventures through sharp periods of growth. He has held board and executive roles at Travelex across the globe and has proven success in helping businesses to scale in line with rapidly expanding customer demand. John also serves as an Executive Director on Identitii’s Board.
Ben Buckingham
Strategy and Partnerships
Ben has a strong background in advising companies at various stages of growth, having started his career as a banking and finance lawyer before moving over to management consultancy McKinsey and Company. Ben has been integral in Identitii’s rapid expansion to date and is responsible for supporting its growing global customer base as well as driving product strategy to meet customer needs.
Peter Agnew
Business Development
Peter joins from Travelex, where he held the position of Head of Payments, Asia Pacific and Middle East. Prior to that, he spent six years with Western Union Business Solutions where he was responsible for sales and increasing growth across the organisation’s corporate and financial institution customer base in ANZ. Peter is based in Melbourne.
Gustavo Garcia
Technology
Gus is a strategic enterprise technology leader that loves simplifying complex technology problems for fast-paced enterprise businesses. He leads Identitii’s growing technology team, and brings ten years of experience in customer led technology transformation, most recently at Travelex, where he oversaw the strategy and architecture of hundreds of complex and interconnected technology systems and a global team of talented architects, as Global Head of Architecture.
Clare Rhodes
Marketing and Communications
Clare has spent her career helping financial services and technology companies in the U.S., UK, Asia and Australia take advantage of growth opportunities and reach their full potential. She has worked with companies of all sizes but specialises in supporting fast growing B2B companies. Clare’s international experience and focus on financial services and technology businesses is key to driving Identitii’s go-to-market and growth plans both locally and globally.
James Andrew-Smith
Products and Projects
James brings a wealth of experience developing innovative technology systems in both corporate and start-up environments and is instrumental in driving the success of blockchain as a way to solve issues associated with bank and corporate financial messaging. James has significant experience in developing distributed systems and databases and is responsible for ensuring Identitii’s systems and processes stand up to the needs of complex organisations.
Margarita Claringbold
Chief Financial Officer
Margarita is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has held senior finance leadership roles at ASX listed top 100 companies and large multinational organisations. More recently, Margarita has specialised in the unique needs of tech start-ups and has developed a deep understanding of how software-as-a-service, data and FinTech companies move from start-up to scale up business.
Elissa Hansen
Company Secretary
Elissa is a Chartered Secretary with over 15 years’ experience as a company secretary and corporate governance professional. She has worked with boards and management on a range of ASX and NSX listed companies including assisting a number of organisations through the IPO process. Elissa is experienced in the specific requirements of companies in industries including resources, information technology, industrials and biotechnology.
Corporate and Commercial Development
Nick Barrett
Former Global COO for Corporate Banking Coverage at Deutsche Bank, Nick is based in London. He spent 12 years at Deutsche Bank, holding various roles in Singapore and the UK, most recently, responsible for global multinational corporate and financial institution clients across cash management, trade finance and foreign exchange products.
Andrew Creighton
Andrew is the former Global Transformation Head for IMO at Standard Chartered Bank, where he was responsible for creating and executing the banks’ transformation program across Banking Platforms. Prior to SCB, Andrew held roles with UBS and NAB in Melbourne, leading transformation, compliance and robotic process automation (RPA). Andrew is based in Melbourne.
Board of Directors
Steve James
Chairman
Steve has held senior leadership and Board positions at multiple public and private organisations, including the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, CommSec, Aston Consulting, Motorcycling Australia and Seer Asset Management. He also played a pivotal role in developing the first online stockbroking business for financial planners, which was later sold to Commsec.
John Rayment
CEO and MD
John brings a wealth of experience to Identitii, having supported many early-stage ventures through sharp periods of growth. He has held board and executive roles at Travelex across the globe and has proven success in helping businesses to scale in line with rapidly expanding customer demand. John also serves as an Executive Director on Identitii’s Board.
Nick Armstrong
Co-Founder and NED
Nick Armstrong co-founded Identitii in 2014 and serves as Non-executive Director. He has helped grow the company from start-up to multi-award winning, ASX listed FinTech. Nick was an early proponent of blockchain and has been at the forefront of developing some of the most successful use cases for the technology in the financial markets today.
