Joel Yarbrough

Joel Yarbrough is the current VP APAC & MD of Rapyd Ventures at Rapyd. Joel has also previously worked as the Head of Corporate Development and Integration (Payments) at Grab from October 2015 to May 2018, and as the Sr. Director, Omnichannel at PayPal from September 2009 to September 2015.

At PayPal, Joel Drove solution development with large platforms and merchants, enabling them to invest to create experiences that activate consumers in-store, in-app, and online, and drive transactions from any point in the consumer journey. This included allowing transactions to originate in any channel – Web, mobile, in-store – and complete in any other, using identity to allow transactions to flow easily and intelligently, supporting innovative business models, including third party payment models, and integrating traditional POS and processing environments, with open web-scale technologies.

At Grab, Joel led the acquisition of 400k agent and marketplace platform in Indonesia. Joel also launched the top ROI program via agent network w/in 2 weeks of deal closure, and led M&A of strategic wallet capabilities to deepen GrabPay & shorten time-to-market.

Joel Yarbrough holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, with a concentration in Decision Science. Joel also attended the International School of Brussels and the American International School Vienna.

Joel Yarbrough reports to Arik Shtilman, CEO. They are on a team with Lior Levit - VP, Product Management, Maayan Naor - CFO, and Omer Priel - VP Business Development.