Equifax appoints Amazon exec as UK CMO
EQUIFAX has appointed former Amazon executive Jayadeep Nair as its chief product and marketing officer for its UK and Ireland business.
Nair will be based at the credit reference agency and insight firm’s London office and will report to Patricio Remón, president for Europe.
He joins from Amazon, where he was head of payment acceptance and experience, responsible for payment acceptance and developing new payment experiences for customers shopping on Amazon websites throughout Europe.
Nair also has experience working with a host of blue chip companies including Worldpay, American Express and Citigroup.
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“I’m excited to be joining Equifax at a time of transformational change in the financial ecosystem,” he said.
“I look forward to this new challenge, to the opportunity of creating innovative products for our customers and to participate in the exciting projects that Equifax has in the pipeline.”
Remón said Nair’s experience in the Open Banking space will be “extremely valuable.”
“We look forward to Nair’s leadership and fresh perspective to develop products that deliver for our partners and end users,” he added.
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