Quadient announced the appointment of Paula Felstead, an expert in transformation, digital and technology, as an independent member of the Board of Directors, effective 24 September 2021. Paula Felstead was co-opted to replace Virginie Fauvel, who resigned from her position as Director on 2nd September 2021. Mrs. Felstead’s mandate will extend through the remaining term of her predecessor, i.e., until the Annual General Meeting that will rule on the financial statements of the financial year ending 31 January 2022. Mrs. Felstead has focused most of her career on transformation and integration of businesses across many different environments, having led technology, operations, digital and innovation functions in high-profile companies such as Visa and more recently Ingenico. Mrs. Felstead joined Ingenico in 2017, following the acquisition of Bambora, to lead its integration with Ingenico Retail. In June 2018, Paula Felstead took the role of CTO for Ingenico Retail, overseeing the retail payment platforms and customer operations globally. In November 2018, Mrs. Felstead was appointed Group CTO, extending her responsibilities to the corporate platforms, security and IT. Between 2012 and 2016, Mrs. Felstead held several executive positions at Visa Europe covering Strategy, Digital, Innovation and the merger with Visa Inc. Prior to that, Paula Felstead worked at Barclays, Prudential, Telefonica and Thomson Reuters in a variety of transformational and business development roles.