Motive Partners an investment firm focused on technology enabled companies announced a number of notable appointments to its global advisory council.
Among the financial and technology industry luminaries announced to the firms global advisory council are former HSBC chairman Douglas Flint, ex-U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and Microsoft chairman John Thompson, according to a press release from the company.
Another noteworthy addition to the new council is Paul Walker, former co-head of Technology at Goldman Sachs who jointly led the firm’s 9000 person technology organization.
Motive Partners was establishedMotive Partners was established in January 2017 by veterans of the global financial technology industry and is focused exclusively on investing in the technology enabled companies that underpin the financial services industry.
The firm was founded by Rob Heyvaert, former chairman and founder of Capco; Stephen C. Daffron, former global head of Technology & Operations at Morgan Stanley and former CEO at Interactive Data Corporation; and Mike Hayford, former CFO of technology firm FIS.
