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Press Release
10 August 2022
AQRU PLC
("AQRU" or "the Company")
Directorate change
AQRU plc (AQSE: AQRU), a company specialising in decentralised finance
("DeFi"), announces today that Digby Try, Executive Director and Co-founder of
AQRU, has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer of the Company.
Mr Try has over 20 years' experience in senior management roles in the
currency, payments and fintech sectors in both the UK and US. Prior to
founding AQRU, Mr Try was Head of Global Sales at banking and payments
platform OpenPayd, where he worked alongside many of the world's leading
crypto exchanges to deliver fiat banking rails to the crypto industry. His
other previous roles include Vice President of Sales for EMEA at international
payments platform Currencycloud, which was acquired by Visa for £700m in
2021, Business Development Manager at foreign exchange specialist Moneycorp,
and Head of Dealing in the US for international transfer service provider
HiFX.
Mr Try's appointment as Chief Commercial Officer comes shortly after Kamelia
Gankova was appointed Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of AQRU's
wholly owned subsidiary Accru Finance Ltd. ("Accru Finance"). In this role, Ms
Gankova will help Accru Finance grow its service offering by launching
products that enable customers to take advantage of the increasing number of
investment opportunities available in the decentralised market.
Ms Gankova has more than 15 years' experience streamlining operations and
delivering market expansion initiatives for companies in the cryptocurrency,
fintech and gaming sectors. Before joining Accru Finance, Ms Gankova was
Managing Director at cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, where she established
and grew the company's operations in Bulgaria. She was also Director of
Customer Service at multinational online payments company Paysafe, where she
managed the merger of the company's different multinational customer service
teams, and Head of Servicing for online wallet and international payments
platform Skrill, with responsibility for the overseeing the Customer Service,
Merchant Service, VIP service and Payments departments.
Philip Blows, Chief Executive of AQRU, commented:
"We are delighted to welcome Digby and Kamelia to their new roles. With more
than 35 years' combined experience helping companies in the fintech and crypto
sectors navigate periods of change and grow their operations, Digby and
Kamelia will continue bringing valuable insights and expertise to ensure we
keep delivering services that enable both retail and institutional investors
to take advantage of all the opportunities available in DeFi."
The Directors of AQRU plc take responsibility for this announcement.
For further information, please contact:
AQRU
Philip Blows via Tancredi +44 207 887 7633
Chief Executive
Tennyson Securities
Corporate Broker
Peter Krens +44 207 186 9030
First Sentinel
AQSE Corporate Adviser +44 203 989 2200
Brian Stockbridge
Tancredi Intelligent Communication
Media Relations
Gabriela Amaya Garcia +44 7915 035 294
Charlie Hobbs +44 7897 557 112
AQRU@tancredigroup.com (mailto:AQRU@tancredigroup.com)
About AQRU PLC:
AQRU is a company specialising in opportunities in decentralised finance
(DeFi), a disruptive technology using blockchain and cryptocurrencies to
remove financial intermediaries from transactions, creating a cheaper, more
efficient and more secure way of providing financial services. Listed on the
Aquis Exchange in London, we apply our expertise to the business operations
and strategic plans of FinTech companies in the UK, USA and Canada, and act as
an accelerator for start-ups and early-stage companies. www.aqruplc.com
(http://www.aqruplc.com) .
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