UK paytech GPS appoints Jill Docherty as director of global partnerships

UK paytech Global Processing Services (GPS) has appointed Jill Docherty as director of global partnerships.

Jill Docherty joins GPS as director of global partnerships

Based out of London, Docherty will sit on GPS’ global executive committee overseeing all GPS ecosystem partners and facilitating collaboration between the firm and its customers.

Docherty has extensive experience with payments, having spent 15 years at Mastercard and Visa, holding a number of senior roles across business development, customer success, product and marketing.

Her most recent stint was at Visa, where she was head of business development for the UK and Ireland. At the payments giant, Docherty was responsible for delivering the full range of the Visa portfolio to different customers including strategic growth issuers, commercial offerings and fintechs.

GPS CEO Joanne Dewar says: “Jill is someone we have collaborated with for many years through our long-standing partnerships with both Visa and Mastercard, both of whom are also investors of GPS.

“She is ideally placed to help accelerate our growth plans as we expand into new markets around the world and build out our global partner ecosystem.”