The Payments Association
Simon Burrows serves as an Ambassador for The Payments Association and holds the position of Director at Semper Advisory, as well as a non-executive director and board advisor for multiple charities in the City of London. Previously, Simon was a Partner at EY, where leadership was provided for the FS technology capability within the firm's Strategy & Transactions division. Additionally, Simon has chaired the Financial Services Technology Panel at the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and was Managing Director at Payments Fintech Limited, specializing in payments, banking, and FinTech consulting. Prior experience includes a Director role at PwC in the Banking, Payments & Fintech Deals/Consulting team, contributing significant expertise across transformational and regulatory-driven projects in financial services. Simon holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham and various professional qualifications from ICAEW.
The Payments Association
The Payments Association (previously the Emerging Payments Association or EPA) is for payments firms, big & small. We help our members navigate a complex regulatory environment and facilitate profitable business partnerships. Our purpose is to empower the most influential community in payments, where the connections, collaboration and learning shape an industry that works for all. We operate as an independent representative for the industry and its interests, and drive collaboration within the payments sector in order to bring about meaningful change and innovation. We work closely with industry stakeholders such as the Bank of England, the FCA, HM Treasury, the Payment Systems Regulator, Pay.UK, UK Finance and Innovate Finance. Through our comprehensive programme of activities for members and with guidance from an independent Advisory Board of leading payments CEOs, we facilitate the connections and build the bridges that join the ecosystem together and make it stronger. These activities include a programme of monthly digital and face-to-face events including our annual conference PAY360 and awards dinner, CEO round tables and training activities. We run 7 stakeholder working Project groups: Inclusion, Regulator, Financial Crime, International Trade and Open Banking. The volunteers within these groups represent the collective view of The Payments Association members at industry-critical moments and work together to drive innovation in these areas. We also conduct exclusive industry research which is made available to our members through our Insights knowledge base. These include monthly whitepapers, insightful interviews and tips from the industry’s most successful CEOs.