Ian Gausden | Executive Vice President Business Development, Real Time Payments
Vocalink

Ian Gausden leads International Business Development for Mastercard’s New Payments Platforms business. He is responsible for identifying and converting opportunities for real-time payments products, including Immediate Payments, Open Banking, Pay by Account and Bill Payments, working in collaboration with in-market sales teams.   Ian has a strong track record in payments technology with 30 years leadership experience, including 6 years with UK clearing banks and 18 years with one of the UK’s largest issuers Barclaycard. He has performed most IT roles from software engineer to CIO. He has been a Link/Vocalink Executive for 14 years: his roles have included CIO; COO; Managing Director and International Sales. He was responsible for leading the introduction of the UK’s Faster Payments switch in 2008, and has more than a decade’s experience of selling, delivering, implementing and operating payment solutions in every continent other than Antarctica.   Ian is a qualified banker, has a 1st Class Honours degree in Computer Studies and an MBA from Henley Business School. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Ian lives in the UK in Leeds - outside of work he is passionate about his family, travel and music