Nium, the global payments infrastructure for on-demand money movement, today announced the appointment of Volker Steinle as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas.

Mr Steinle will be responsible for accelerating sales and revenue growth in the region, building an exceptional go-to-market team, and engaging customers and prospects. He will be based in San Francisco, California, and report to Prajit Nanu, Founder and CEO of Nium.

Mr Steinle brings more than two decades of customer success and business development leadership to the newly-created role. He spent more than a decade at payments platform company, Adyen, building up many of its commercial programs. Most recently, Steinle led all commercial activities in North America, contributing to more than 25% of Adyen’s revenue in 2021. Prior to this, he led country operations in Germany, expanding his role to lead the broader DACH region.

Steinle began his tenure at Adyen as an International Sales Manager, onboarding the company’s biggest clients in its early years.

“Nium has the potential to surpass the success of some of the biggest names in payments today,” said Steinle. “Unlocking more business opportunities across the Americas is my charter and I look forward to showing enterprises in the region how Nium is setting new standards for how fast money can move across borders.”

A seasoned commercial leader, Steinle has also held sales and business development positions at Johnson & Johnson, Infosys, IBM, and TomTom. He holds an MBA from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a bachelors in international business and management from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.