Lynda joined Tribe in 2022, bringing over a decade’s worth of experience in the payments sector across Europe and the Middle East, having previously held senior roles at Barclaycard, Elavon and Network International. She has a proven track record in product commercialisation, and launched the first acquirer-owned Android based POS application across the MEA.

Having also built and led high-performing P&L owning teams, Lynda joined Tribe as VP of Customer Success – before moving into her current COO role, in which she ensures that Tribe delivers a seamless experience to its customers.

Lynda has also been named among the Top 25 Women Leaders in Financial Technology of Europe for 2023.

Guy Houghton joined as Tribe’s Chief Revenue Officer, bringing over 30 years of commercial leadership experience in global technology companies serving the payments, banking, and fintech markets. Guy will work closely with Tribe’s Managing Director, Alex Reddish, to drive the company’s expansion and revenue strategies.

Having started his own payments, banking and fintech consultancy practice in 2022, Guy has an impressive track record in the industry. He most recently provided commercial leadership to Thredd (formerly Global Processing Services) and supported the business during a major transformation phase, following investment from private equity firms Advent, MissionOG, Viking, and Temasek.

Guy’s extensive experience includes 15 years at First Data (now part of Fiserv), where he led business and market expansion for their issuer processing business across the EMEA region. He also held executive responsibility for relationships with several large global financial institutions headquartered in the region.

Guy’s expertise spans business strategy, market entry and expansion, strategic sales at C-suite level, building and leading sales and customer success teams, business transformation, M&A, partnerships, and product and value proposition development. 

Our CTO Vytautas has been with Tribe since the beginning, and is dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technology to all Tribe's customers. He has spent over two decades working in the developer space, with a specific focus in the paytech and fintech space.

A Tribe mainstay since the beginning, Svetlana is in charge of all things finance and has been a crucial cog in overseeing Tribe's growth. With over a decade of experience in international accounting and finance, she has nurtured and expanded Tribe's finance team, fuelled by her passion for numbers.

Fadl started his career at NETS as a programmer. Following on from that he joined the founder’s team becoming a leading innovation officer for over 14 years, as they built and evolved businesses culminating in the creation of Tribe. He built the original gateway, prototyped most of our products, and led many of our innovative developments such as regional expansion, Open Banking, and Scheme certifications.

Alex has previously held roles as both Head of Issuing and Head of Business Relations at Valitor, and Head of European Business at Raphaels Bank, giving him a wealth of knowledge and experience in the payments and the financial services industry. Alex is passionate about innovation and bringing payments and fintech into the mainstream.

Matt has extensive global payments experience having lived and worked in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, building partnerships with key clients across multiple geographies and cultures.

He has worked on both the issuing and acquiring sides of the business driving growth and developing payment strategies in both Corporate (JCB, Visa and Euronet) and Fintech (EedenBull and Praemium) environments.

Matt and his family have been based in Singapore for the past 17 years, and he brings to Tribe deep knowledge and experience from across the Asia Pacific Region coupled with a broad network of senior contacts across the payments business.