Siegfried Heimgärtner most recently served as CEO of Skrill, one of Investcorp’s former portfolio companies. During his tenure, Skrill grew to a worldwide payment network offering businesses access to direct payment processing via 100 payment options in 200 countries and in over 40 currencies.
Prior to joining Skrill, Mr. Heimgärtner was Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff in Paris at Ingenico, a EURONEXT listed company, and the leading provider of payment solutions at the POS, with over 15 million terminals installed in 125 countries. The company processes more than two billion payment transactions annually, and acquired easycash Group in 2009 at which time Mr. Heimgärtner assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer. Prior to easycash, he held various management positions at Epson and Bull, both globally-recognized companies in the high-technology sector.
Mr. Heimgärtner is a graduate of the Bull International Management Programme at Ecole Européenne des Affaires, Paris and also holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration.