9Spokes announced the appointment of Kevin Phalen to the Board of Directors, effective 27 June 2021. Kevin joins the Board as an independent non-executive Director. He will also sit on the Board's Audit & Risk Committee and Remuneration & Nomination Committee. Kevin brings over 30 years of global banking and financial services experience to the Board. Most recently, as Senior Vice President and Head of Global Business Solutions at Visa International. Prior to this, he served nine years at Bank of America as Managing Director, where he led the Commercial Card, Prepaid Card and Comprehensive Payables business for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He also led the Public Sector Banking GTS coverage team and previously oversaw the Merchant business along with the trade and Supply Chain business.