He succeeds Espen Tranoy, who has served in an interim role since the beginning of this year. Goyvaerts has extensive management experience in financial services. The appointment has been approved by De Nederlandsche Bank.

“I am looking forward to putting EMS in the forefront as a solution provider for local entrepreneurs in the Benelux, and to leveraging its payments excellence for large corporations. Through collaboration with all stakeholders in the payments ecosystem, we aim to provide seamless payment experiences for our clients and their customers. Recent wins in growing and digitizing industry verticals, backed by a strong and diverse team, demonstrates the enormous potential of EMS as a leading and trusted payment provider,” said Joachim Goyvaerts.

“As consumer expectations and technology continue to advance, businesses in the Benelux can rely on EMS to enable a broad range of payment experiences in-store, online, and across channels,” said John Power, Vice President Joint Ventures of Fiserv. “Joachim has the experience and vision to continue moving EMS forward through innovation and dedication to the customer. We welcome him to his new role and thank Espen for his recent leadership.” Richard Bruens, Chair of the Supervisory Board of EMS noted: “We look forward to working with Joachim. Given his extensive experience in the payments area, he is the right person to lead EMS in its next phase of growth”.