Banxa
Chief Financial Controller
We appointed the Chief Financial Controller, a finance leadership hire, to bring rigour to capital, reporting and the numbers behind the growth.
Banxa — Banxa runs a global fiat-to-crypto payments gateway from Australian roots, listed in Toronto and processing at meaningful scale across Australia, North America and Europe. Founded in 2014, it builds the plumbing that lets businesses move between traditional currencies and digital assets, the compliance and payments layer behind the scenes rather than the speculation on the surface.
The market for this leadership
Live MitchelLake intelligence across Crypto / Fintech and Oceania.
Latest signals — Banxa
Product Launch · EMEA
Banxa →Banxa launched Native, a headless ramp infrastructure product on August 20, 2026, enabling wallets, exchanges and fintech apps to embed fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-fiat transactions directly in their interfaces without redirecting users to Banxa-branded screens.
Adjacent signals across Crypto / Fintech
Leadership Change · Oceania
Winton Land →Winton Land (NZX-listed development company) has seen its founder Chris Meehan resign as chair, chief executive and director amid sexual harassment complaints. Michael Stiassny is now chair and has told the first AGM since the resignation that the board will keep its dividend pause.
“We are moving ahead at pace with making leadership appointments to rebuild the structure necessary to create stability.”
Leadership Change · Oceania
Merricks Capital →Merricks Capital's former chief operating officer, who oversaw its financial and operational businesses for six years, has left to join a specialised private credit firm.
Restructuring · Oceania
Omnicom →Omnicom targets roughly $900M in 2026 cost synergies while forecasting about 5% full-year organic core revenue growth.
Leadership Change · Oceania
Temple & Webster →Temple & Webster's AGM outlined brand, private label and AI plans under a new CEO, indicating a leadership transition is underway alongside a strategy reset.
M&A Activity · Oceania
MIRIMAR →Australian company MIRIMAR, founded by brothers John and Luke McKelvey, has sold a minority stake to Common Interest.
Restructuring · Oceania
Pearson →Pearson restructured into four customer-focused divisions, a reorganisation that typically reshapes leadership roles and reporting lines.