Board of directors
Dr Anton Mayr, Non-Executive Chairman
Mr. Mayr is the founder and Managing Director of Stratos Ventures Inc, a United States venture development company focused on environmental technologies with an emphasis on water and solar technologies in the United States and in the German speaking Europe. Mr Mayr was also Co-founder and Managing Partner of the Stratos Ventures Finnish early stage ICT venture capital fund with offices in Helsinki, Finland and California. He was a founder and CEO of Phytonium Pharmaceuticals LLC, an early stage research-based biomedical company based in California and also worked previously as an investment manager at Citicorp Venture Capital in Germany and at the New York City law firm Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn. Mr Mayr holds a Dr iur (doctorate in law) from Salzburg University Law School, Austria as well as an LLM from McGeorge School of Law and an MBA from Columbia University Business School.
Philippe Duleyrie, Non-Executive Director
Mr Duleyrie joined the Board on 20 June 2007. He is the Principal at The Rye Group LLC, a strategic advisory firm in global money transfer, electronic payments and pre-paid cards. Previously his roles have included President of Americas at Polar Electro Inc, SVP Marketing and VP of Worldwide Business Development at MoneyGram and, Director of Business Development at Western Union. He graduated from New York University with a B.A. in Economics and holds an MBA from Wharton.
Rami Ryhänen, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Ryhänen has been CEO of the Company since its inception in 2005, where he has been at the forefront of the developing non-standard lending market in the Fenno-Baltic region. Prior to joining MCB, Mr Ryhänen spent two years as CEO of Jippii Mobile Entertainment Oy, a mobile entertainment service provider based in Helsinki, where he managed operations in 20 countries. Following its return to profitability he led the sale process of Jippii to Itouch plc. He previously held senior roles including CEO of Small Planet Limited and Customer Relationship Director of Sonera Oyj. Mr Ryhänen holds an MBA from the Institute for International Management Centers.
Henry Nilert, Chief Financial Officer
Mr Nilert joined the Company as CFO in March 2006, and has had an integral role in building the Company into a robust and transparent provider of credit solutions. Prior to joining MCB, Mr Nilert was a Partner of Crystal Capital Partners LLP, a private equity advisory firm based in London. Previously he co-founded iobox, a wireless software company, where he was Chief Operating Officer, helping grow it to a business with 1 million users and 120 employees in four countries, before its sale to Terra Mobile SA. Mr Nilert worked in investment banking in London, New York and Helsinki. He graduated from Dartmouth College in the US with a B.A. in Political Sciences.