London-based tech veteran, Jed Rose, starts a new role as Airwallex’s General Manager for EMEA to lead the company’s UK and Europe team and drive significant growth across these regions. Rose brings a varied and impressive background as a tech CEO and venture capitalist and holds an award-winning track record for leading, advising and investing in innovative companies to realise their full potential.
As a seed-stage investor with high-growth tech start-ups, Rose’s passion for driving innovation runs deep. He is currently a Venture Partner for Antler Venture Capital, which enables founders and invests in the top 1% of more than 50,000 entrepreneurs and ideas evaluated every year.
Rose was previously at Paymentsense, a London-based hi-tech start-up, where he led the business as CEO. Under his leadership, Paymentsense saw record revenue and profit growth and was recognised by Tech Track 100 over three consecutive years as one of the fastest growing start-ups in the UK and Europe. Prior to Paymentsense, Rose held a number of senior positions at Microsoft, serving as the business owner for several large initiatives that saw worldwide success and generated significant business impact.