Richard Davis, Senior Director at Ankura (previously Chartwell), has over 16 years of experience in the global remittance and fintech industry. Richard oversees Operations and provides support to the Licensing, Fintech and Banking teams at Chartwell. In addition, he serves as portfolio/project manager on a number of client projects and is a key member on the Compass editorial staff.
Prior to joining Chartwell, Richard worked at Travelex, Coinstar and Sigue, where he gained experience working cross functionally throughout the organizations with all levels of the team from department managers to the executive office. His primary responsibilities included providing support to the field sales team, managing special projects for the Global Operations Team, and co-chairing the company’s Risk Committee. Among the various projects Richard managed while at Sigue, he coordinated and led the team in successfully implementing operational, policy, and document changes across the organization ahead of schedule as a result of the imposed changes mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protections Act.
Richard has also worked as the marketing and brand manager for a fragrance company based in Florida where he was responsible for managing portfolios for nine fragrance brands, supported the field sales team and worked closely with large accounts like Wal-Mart, CVS, and Rite Aid to develop individual programs for their stores across the U.S.
Richard likes to spend his free time with his dogs, family, watching reality shows, cooking and traveling outside of the U.S. Richard has traveled to 24 different countries amongst which include his favorites: Estonia, Poland, Italy and Egypt.