Meet your dedicated
Meet Steve Ford
Vice President of Sales in Europe and Account Management
One of our key growth sectors in the past two years has been Gaming and Gambling, and therefore SiGMA is a massive event for us each year. Trust Payments can help all licensed Gaming Merchants process worldwide, VISA and MasterCard, plus a whole range of Localised Payment Methods. Steve has the expertise to help gaming merchants formulate their plan for pay-in and pay-outs globally. If you would like to arrange to meet Steve at SiGMA to discuss how Trust Payments can help with your business’ payments, please get in touch with him at steve.ford@trustpayments.com.
Meet Emma Vassallo
Head of Account Management
She is an expert in partnerships with years of experience in payments, particularly in the last couple of years of gaming. One of the critical sectors for our partners is gaming, facilitating all worldwide gaming licenses. Due to this, SiGMA is an important event for Trust Payments where we set up meetings with existing and prospect Partners and their sub-merchants to discuss their Gaming needs and requirements. We take pride in maintaining solid partnerships and tailoring our services to them and their merchants with dedicated account managers. If you would like to arrange to meet Emma at SiGMA to discuss how Trust Payments can help with your business’ payments, please get in touch with her at emma.vassallo@trustpayments.com.
Meet Ryan Cachia
Chief Financial Officer
Ryan brings a wealth of financial expertise from the banking and payments to Trust Payments’ Gaming and Gambling vertical. His career achievements include setting up companies under MFSA (Malta) licenses and building them into principal members of both Visa and Mastercard. His increasingly senior industry roles include Fortis Bank, NBG Bank, Insignia Cards and PayMix. Ryan is focusing on restructuring the Finance organisation to support the rapid growth of Malta’s gaming and gambling sector and building Trust Payments into a £100m+ revenue-generating payments platform. If you would like to arrange to meet Ryan at SiGMA to discuss how Trust Payments can help with your business’ payments, please get in touch with him at ryan.cachia@trustpayments.com.
Meet Jean Paul Barthet
Business Development Manager – Gaming
JP is renowned for being forward-thinking. He has an impressive record of accomplishment in business development, technology builds, operations management & payments solutions in the iGaming sector, during his 20+ years international career. Before joining Trust Payments, JP was part of the Senior Management Team of Virgin Games in Malta, which was also responsible for the sale of Virgin Games’ complete operations and brand to Gamesys.
JP has recently joined Trust Payment’s Gaming Team to bring his industry experience and network to help drive the growth of Trust Payment’s footprint in the Gaming sector. If you would like to arrange to meet JP at SiGMA to discuss how Trust Payments can help with your business’ payments, please get in touch with him at jean.paul.barthet@trustpayments.com.
Meet John Pace
Chief Business Development and Administration
John joined Trust Payments in 2016 and today handles promoting the company’s payment services in Malta, one area being in the Gaming and Gambling sector. He has more than 40 years of banking background, 20 of which were in the payment services industry, particularly card payments.
John is a member of EXCO in Malta and is also responsible for formalising business plans and introducing innovative products brought into the Gaming and Gambling sector on the island. If you would like to arrange to meet John at SiGMA to discuss how Trust Payments can help with your business’ payments, please get in touch with him at john.pace@trustpayments.com.
Meet Jeannie Stinnett
Head of Commercial Programs (Senior Vice President)
Jeannie has over eight years of experience with Gaming and Fantasy Sports in the US. She is a consultative member of the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA). Before joining Trust Payments, Jeannie was instrumental in the sale and account management for the two largest Indian Casinos in the US – Foxwoods and Hard Rock. Additionally, Jeannie sold and managed the two largest Fantasy Sports accounts – Fan Duel and Draft Kings. Since joining Trust Payments, Jeannie has worked with our TRU Verify (compliance and KYC offering) for sports betting and eSports.
Jeannie is a valuable addition to our USA gaming team with her extensive industry knowledge and network. If you would like to arrange to meet Jeannie at SiGMA to discuss how Trust Payments can help with your business’ payments, please get in touch with her at jeannie.stinnett@trustpayments.com.
Meet Steve Grech
CEO Malta
Steve Grech has over 25 years of experience in the financial services sector, specialising in the card business, payments and e-commerce. He has been the CEO of Trust Payments Malta for the past 2.5 years and has previously held top positions at other banks and financial institutions in Malta. Steve brings a wealth of experience to the Trust team, focusing on finding best fits for the diverse customer portfolio that Trust supports, including the gaming sector in Malta and other EU jurisdictions. Steve has also served as Chairman or Vice-Chairman of FIMA, which is the association for financial institutions regulated in Malta for the past 3 years. If you would like to arrange to meet Steve at SiGMA to discuss how Trust Payments can help with your business’ payments, please get in touch with him at steve.grech@trustpayments.com.