TPAY appoints Işık Uman as Chief Executive Officer

By Delisha Fernandes

TPAY, a payment provider in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey (META), has appointed Işık Uman as its new Group CEO, effective 1st of July 2023.

Işık Uman, who has been acting Chief Product Officer and Chief Marketing Officer for the last year, will succeed current CEO Gaston Aussems, who will move into a strategic advisory role.

“I am confident that under Işık’s guidance, TPAY will witness tremendous growth, remarkable achievements, and setting new standards of excellence in the region,” said Gaston Aussems. “And I feel privileged to have had the chance to work with all talented members of the TPAY family.”

“I am very excited to take the helm from Gaston now.”, Işık Uman said. “Gaston and the team did a great job. I will focus on deploying a true merchant-centric approach that exceeds the region’s expectations. I believe TPAY has enormous potential, and we will work to deliver exceptional products and innovative solutions to our merchants.”

Işık Uman has been working as the Chief Product Officer (CPO) at TPAY. He joined TPAY’s executive leadership in 2020, right after acquiring the Turkish payments start-up, Payguru, of which he had been a founding partner and the Chairman. Işık brings a wealth of experience working with mobile network operators.

TPAY is a payment provider in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey (META). TPAY provides a full-service, end-to-end solution that makes it easy for merchants – to access and accept payments from consumers in more than 30 countries in the region. The company’s technology is used by regional digital merchants and international brands, including Google, Huawei, MBC, Tencent, Anghami, Marvel, beIN, and others, to access and accept payments from consumers across the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa.