Meet the team

SurePay is more than just a team, we are connected by a common goal of protecting banks and organisations from financial threats. Through our Verification of Payee solution, we’re able to ensure our clients and their customers that their payments are protected and reaches the intended recipients

The people at SurePay​

Our team consists of over 85+ colleagues, located in the Netherlands, the UK, Germany and Belgium. Below you’ll find the team members that you will most likely be in touch with. Together we serve over 500 companies and banks across Europe and in the UK.

Management team

David-Jan Janse

Chief Executive Officer

Marcel Rienties

Chief Product Officer

Friso Schutte

Chief Technical Officer

Ralf van den Berg

Chief Financial Officer

Iwan Mouton

Chief Revenue Officer

Business team

Willem van Hooft

Head of Legal

Vanessa Sternklint
Corporate Lawyer
Rob Weerts
Business Development Manager
Jamay Smits
Team Lead NL
Bridget (Britt) Meijer
Strategic Business Development Manager New Markets
Wendel Middendorp
Strategic Business Development Manager New Propositions
Stefan de Wasch
Head of Belgium
Michael Hülsiggensen
Head of D-A-CH
Richard Koldewijn
Senior Business Development Manager
Lotte Dijkgraaf
Sales Support Coordinator
Eelco Rietveld
Product Manager
Martin Heere

Product Manager

Maarten Knippers
Product Owner Cross Border
Mark Whitworth
Senior Product Owner
Julia Kharson
Corporate Recruiter
Vera Augustijn
People Operations Coordinator
Arthur Straathof
Implementation Manager
Florian Blom

Customer Success Manager


Michel Rizzetto

Customer Success Manager

Pierpaolo Gobbi

Customer Success Manager

Ramon Verweij
Head of Marketing
Lotte Ploeg
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Paul Litjens
Growth Marketer

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Best in class Verification of Payee solution
With our European Verification of Payee solution, the combination of IBAN & Name will be checked in EU countries, the UK and the world.
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