Meet our leadership team and Board

Velizar Tarashev

Executive Director – CEO

Velizar was appointed as Moneycorp CEO in July 2023 after 2.5 years in the CFO role. Velizar has a long track record of successful execution in regulated financial services. Before joining Moneycorp, he spent more than a decade at Barclays in various leadership roles including Finance, Strategy and Technology, with his final role as CFO at Barclays Private Bank. Prior to that Velizar was an investment banker at UBS and a strategy consultant at AT Kearney.

Richard Brice

Executive Director - CFO

Richard took over as CFO in 2024, joining from Barclays where he spent the last 12 years, most recently holding the role of Managing Director, Barclays Bank plc Controller. Prior to this, Richard was the Barclays Head of Group Planning, Reporting & Analytics. Before joining Barclays, Richard held roles as a Supervisor at the Financial Services Authority, the Head of Risk Analysis & Capital Planning at Nationwide Building Society and a number of Finance roles at Lloyds Banking Group.

Peter Green

Executive Director – General Counsel & CRCO

Peter is Moneycorp’s General Counsel and Chief Risk & Compliance Officer. He brings 30+ years’ experience in senior roles in compliance, risk and regulatory. His previous experience includes MoneyGram International, where he served as their Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, as well as serving as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at various blue-chip firms.

Adam Jones

Chair and Investor Director

Adam was appointed as Moneycorp Group Board Chair in May 2025 after serving on the Board as an Investor Director for Bridgepoint where he held various senior leadership roles, most recently as Group CFO and COO. Prior to Bridgepoint, Adam had Group CFO roles within private-equity backed companies and divisional CFO roles within large global organisations.

Velizar Tarashev

Executive Director – CEO

Velizar was appointed as Moneycorp CEO in July 2023 after 2.5 years in the CFO role. Velizar has a long track record of successful execution in regulated financial services. Before joining Moneycorp, he spent more than a decade at Barclays in various leadership roles including Finance, Strategy and Technology, with his final role as CFO at Barclays Private Bank. Prior to that Velizar was an investment banker at UBS and a strategy consultant at AT Kearney. 

Richard Brice

Executive Director - CFO

Richard took over as CFO in 2024, joining from Barclays where he spent the last 12 years, most recently holding the role of Managing Director, Barclays Bank plc Controller. Prior to this, Richard was the Barclays Head of Group Planning, Reporting & Analytics. Before joining Barclays, Richard held roles as a Supervisor at the Financial Services Authority, the Head of Risk Analysis & Capital Planning at Nationwide Building Society and a number of Finance roles at Lloyds Banking Group.

Peter Green

Executive Director – General Counsel & CRCO

Peter is Moneycorp’s General Counsel and Chief Risk & Compliance Officer. He brings 30+ years’ experience in senior roles in compliance, risk and regulatory. His previous experience includes MoneyGram International, where he served as their Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, as well as serving as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at various blue-chip firms. 

Martin Clements

Non-Executive Director

Martin joined Moneycorp as a Non-Executive Director in 2018 where he also chairs the Risk Committee. Originally trained in computer and natural sciences, Martin previously held the position of Director General Technology and Transformation at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Martin has chaired several Boards and acted as an advisor to global business leaders, mainly in the defence technology, cybersecurity and financial services sectors.

Vijay D’Silva

Non-Executive Director

Vijay joined the Moneycorp Board in May 2025, bringing extensive experience as a corporate board member at Worldpay and previously FIS, and serves as a Senior Lecturer and Executive-in-Residence at MIT. Previously, as a Senior Partner at McKinsey for over nearly three decades, he served clients globally on a range of strategic and operational issues, particularly at the intersection of finance and technology.

Benoît Alteirac

Investor Director – Representative of BEIV Nominees Limited

Benoît joined as a Bridgepoint Investor Director in July 2024 however has supported Moneycorp throughout Bridgepoint’s investment to date. Benoît is a Partner at Bridgepoint, joining the firm in 2002, and is based in London. Benoît is also a Board Director at Itsu and Burger King UK, both of which are other Bridgepoint investments.