David Parker

Director Polymath Consulting

Founder and CEO of Polymath Consulting. I have an in depth knowledge of Payments and Payment Cards. In particular the company and myself are very well known for our work in E-money/prepaid cards and emerging payments covering areas such as mobile money/mobile wallets and Mpos. I have also worked extensively supporting and advising SMEs having been involved in SME payments projects since the early 2000. I am increasingly active in Fintech and am currently holding a range of positions including Board NED, Board Advisor, Advisory Board, Investor in companies including: Cinnte, Itemize, Journolink, Curve, Eco Beauty Group, Konsentus, 3S Money, Nymcard, Edfundo and Swiipr. I have previously enjoyed mentoring through startupbootcamp and was voted in both years as 'Leading Mentor'. Polymath Consulting has now delivered over 250 projects for clients since 2005 in e-money and emerging payments. More about our clients and work can be found at www.polymathconsulting.com. Given my personal background in Advertising and Marketing we bring a strong customer focused perspective to many of our projects. In the last few years Polymath Consulting has worked on every continent other than Antarctica! See all my blogs at www.polymathconsulting.com I Chair and speak at conferences around the world on a regular basis, please email me if you would like rates for Chairing/Speaking at your commercial or corporate event. Excellent cross cultural ability have worked in the Middle and Far East managing staff from over 10 countries But my real passion is Bee Keeping, so if you want to chat Bees do get in touch. I was one of the first 25 Eat Natural Pollinator pioneers and have two hive with Arnia monitoring equipment. Specialties: E-Money/Prepaid Cards Wallets Commercial Cards SME sector Mobile Money Cards and Card Marketing Emerging payments Bee Keeping