Murat Ilyas

Murat Ilyas has a diverse range of work experience spanning over a decade. Starting in 2009, they worked as a Financial Clerk at CIPD for a brief period. Murat then transitioned to a Sales and Office Assistant role at Earlsfield Service Station, where they worked until 2012.

In 2012, Murat joined O2 (Telefónica UK) initially as a Business Development Graduate and later as a Technical Specialist (O2 Guru) until 2015. Following this, they worked as an IT Support Engineer contractor at EE for a few months before joining the Competition and Markets Authority as an IT Support Analyst, providing second-line support to over 300 users.

From 2016 to 2017, Murat worked as an IT Support Analyst EMEA at Pinsent Masons, where they provided second-line support and training to over 700 users in the UK and European offices. Murat then moved on to Google, where they served as a Partner Technology Manager for Google Pay EMEA. In this role, they oversaw technical execution and business operations for partners in the region and played a key role in onboarding UK and European banks and fintech companies onto the Google Pay platform.

After Google, Murat joined Facebook in 2019 as a Technical Specialist for WhatsApp Payments. Here, they led the India Payments support and improvement operation, managing cross-functional relationships and influencing product improvement. Murat also implemented efficiency improvements and built a bug triaging automation system.

In 2022, Murat took on the role of Head of Onboarding and Integration at Laybuy, leading the UK expansion and managing enterprise clients. Murat is currently working at Klarna as a Delivery Manager (Integration Consultant), overseeing a portfolio of large enterprise merchants and leading the technical relationship and integration of Klarna's payment products.

Throughout their career, Murat has demonstrated strong technical and problem-solving skills, project management abilities, and a focus on building and maintaining relationships with clients and partners.

Murat Ilyas completed their Bachelor of Science (BSc hons) degree in Computer Science with Network Communication from Kingston University between 2009 and 2012. Prior to that, they studied at Queen Mary University of London from 2008 to 2009, where they pursued a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Computer Science with a Biology Foundation. Murat also attended Ashcroft Technology Academy, though no specific degree or field of study is mentioned for this institution. In addition to their formal education, they obtained the RITTech certification from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT in November 2015.