Sales

George Ogden

Sales Director, Global Sales

George brings with him significant experience of the financial services markets in Western & Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, the USA, Latin America and Asia.

Prior to joining Distra, George was Market Development Director for S2 Systems and Regional Director EMEA for IFS International; both EFT transaction processing and switching software development companies where he was responsible for business development through both direct and indirect sales channels.

David Guiver

Partner Programme Director

David Guiver has developed a comprehensive knowledge of the EFT industry over the previous 20 years. This experience has ranged from application development, project management, pre-sales support, direct sales and full network operational management.

David has worked in both start-ups and large, established multi-national organisations. This included being the Operational Manager of the Visa International network within Australia and New Zealand. Visa was a major sponsor of the Sydney 2000 Olympics and many exciting challenges were experienced in this role. David was also a member of the APCA committee for AS2805 EFT standards definition within Australia.
David has significant international work experience, being involved in projects in throughout Asia, UK and USA. During his last 9 years at Distra, David has spent a significant portion of his time in articulating the EFT requirements for the Distra product. David has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of New South Wales.

Graham Jones

Business Consultant

Graham Jones has had significant experience within the payments and financial services market.

Prior to Distra, Graham was the Region Director of Retail and Wholesale Payments where Graham championed the development of payment strategies and solutions for the Asia Pacific and Japan markets. Graham’s focus was working with the Country Account teams to develop solutions around HP customer’s requirements for all payment types. This included Internet, Mobile and Micro-payments, Securities, Corporate, National and Government Payments. 

Graham was then the Region Director for HP Financial Services Industry for Asia Pacific & Japan. Graham was responsible for their multibillion dollar industry budget, implementing HP FSI Global Industry Strategies in conjunction with the FSI regional country management and sales groups.

Overall, Graham brings 30 years of knowledge and expertise to Distra.