Volante Technologies has appointed David Mark as senior partner and managing director at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to its board of directors.
Mark joins Volante’s board with experience in helping clients with product, strategy and innovation.
Prior to joining BCG, Mark was chief strategy officer for Flex, a technology firm. He has also served as a senior partner at McKinsey & Co.
Harpreet Grewal, a member of the firm’s board of directors, has taken on an additional role as executive in residence after working at Volante for five years.
Grewal also currently serves on the board of a number of firms, including Penumbra. Grewal was previously general manager and CFO at Constant Contact and has also served as CFO at Cimpress and in various strategy roles at Pepsi Co.
According to Volante, the two appointments will help drive Volante’s continued innovation and growth in global payments.
Commenting on his appointment, Mark said: “Volante has established itself as a leader in true payments innovation. Volante’s products accelerate business agility exponentially.”
He added: “I look forward to helping Vijay Oddiraju and the team with their strategic objectives to achieve the growth of the company.”
Grewal commented: “I have known Volante and its leadership team for many years. They are one of the leaders in disrupting the global payment and financial messaging space for some of the largest financial institutions around the world.”
He added: “I am excited to have the opportunity to take on a more expansive operational role to help the team accelerate Volante’s momentum in the payments space.”
Commenting on the appointments, Oddiraju, CEO of Volante Technologies, said: “As we expand to provide greater payments innovation, we will lean on David Mark’s insights as a trusted advisor to the largest technology firms and on Grewal’s experience managing high growth companies to guide our focused growth.”
He added: “Together, the two leaders provide a unique blend of strategic and operational experience that will contribute to Volante Technologies’ sustained position as a payments innovation partner.”
