About
Rupert Keeley is a payments industry executive with over three decades of experience across banking and payment organizations on four continents. He previously held leadership roles at Standard Chartered (including Gulf head of consumer banking and CEO of Bahrain), Visa (in roles covering Asia Pacific, strategy, and corporate development), and PayPal, where he served as General Manager for APAC and later CEO of PayPal Europe. He holds an MBA in Marketing from City University Business School and a B.Sc. in Management Sciences from the University of Manchester.
Invests in
Fintech
Experience
- Monzo Bank LtdChair of the Board of Directorscurrent2026 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- PaysafeNon-Executive Director and Chair of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committeecurrent2026 — presentLondon, UK
- Dubai Financial Services AuthorityBoard Member and Chair of the Risk Committeecurrent2023 — presentDubai, United Arab Emirates
- Team8Member of Team8 FINTECH Advisory Boardcurrent2021 — presentNew York & Tel Aviv, Israel
- NewDayNon-Executive Director and Chair Remuneration & Nomination Committee2014 — 2026London, UK
- WiZinkAdviser2025Madrid, Spain
- NatWestAdviser2022 — 2025London, UK
- UnzerAdvisory Board Member2021 — 2024Berlin, Germany
- Pollinate InternationalMember of International Advisory Board2019 — 2022London, UK
- SumUpAdviser2019 — 2022London, UK
- Pollen Street CapitalAdviser2021 — 2022London, UK
- United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB)Member of Technology Advisory Committee2019 — 2022Singapore
- FIBR Financial Technologies Holdings S.A.Member of Advisory Board2021 — 2022Luxembourg
- PayPalExecutive Adviser2018Luxembourg
- PayPalSVP then EVP EMEA & CEO PayPal's European Bank2012 — 2018Luxembourg
- PayPalSVP, GM Asia Pacific2011 — 2012Singapore
- PayPalAdviser to the PayPal President2011Singapore
- Yalamanchili Consultancy ServicesAdviser2010 — 2012Singapore
- Digital Barriers plcIndependent Non-Executive Director and Chair Remuneration Committee2010 — 2012London, UK
- Monitise plcAdviser2010 — 2011London, UK
Education
- Bayes Business SchoolMBA, Marketing1983 — 1985
- The University of ManchesterBSc (Hons), Management Sciences1977 — 1980
Skills & more
Strategy99Business Strategy99Banking92Management Consulting81Strategic Partnerships73Mobile Payments58Payments46Finance44Business Development40Product Management31Marketing30Credit Cards24
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Start-upsE-commerceProject PlanningFinancial ServicesBusiness AnalysisCorporate DevelopmentE-paymentsElectronic PaymentsChange ManagementPayment SystemsPayment Card ProcessingProgram ManagementFrom Rupert's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Bayes Business School45
Lavinia FerriAssociate at P101 VenturesKatie ConnAccess Fund at Salica InvestmentsKit Blakiston-HoustonPrincipal at Fuel VenturesAnnie VeldmanSenior Associate at Catalyst InvestorsRichard CrosfieldDirector at Presidio VenturesJess ClemansPrincipal at noa
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Also attended The University of Manchester118
Joel NoyceInvestor at Moonfire VenturesFreya Svedberg-KeatingInvestor at MedicxiAndy LeaverOperating Partner at Notion CapitalSimon SegarsExecutive Advisor at Black Opal VenturesHonor de WintonExecutive Assistant at Giant Ventures Global LlpRajiv DatarEntrepreneur-In-Residence at The Innovation Space
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Shared employers
Also worked at Paysafe8
Secil BaysalOperator in Residence at QED InvestorsPaul TownsendFounder at Octopus VenturesChirag PatelVP & GM Payments & Risk at Etsy at PICUS CAPITALAnand RadhakrishnanAdvisor at Bloccelerate VCGregory WalfishCo-Founder & CEO at Xposure at Lalotte VenturesPraveen VarshneyInvestor at Spring Impact Capital
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Also worked at WiZink1
Also worked at PayPal108
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC
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Also worked at Digital Barriers plc1
Investments
Board seats
NewDay
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Team8
Aaron Dubin
Partner at Team8
Adi Kuperly
Director of HR & Talent Acquisition at Team8
Adi Vazana
Business Development Operations Specialist at Team8
Adm. Michael Rogers
Former Director, NSA & Operating Partner, Team8 at Team8
Alon Huri
Managing Partner at Team8
Alon Melcer
Strategy & Business Research Manager at Team8
Amir Lewkowicz
VP of Digital Health Business Development at Team8
Amir Zilberstein
Managing Partner at Team8