Nitecrest Ltd. - Heads Of International Business Development

Heads Of International Business Development

Our highly experienced business development team consists of heads of international business development who are each supported by an independent team of international account managers, IT staff, marketing executives and a dedicated artwork studio.

Head Of Telecoms Division
International Sales Director

Mr Joe Aoun

Statement
"I am excited about the current growth in emerging markets such as Africa, Eastern Europe and Middle East where Nitecrest continues to make strong footprints in supplying Telecom Operators”.

Background
Holder of two degrees in Computer Science and Finance from Washington State USA, Joe comes from the world of IT and Finance where he has previously worked in Seattle at MICROSOFT as Quality Assurance Manager and then in BOEING as a Financial Systems Analyst. He relocated to Europe in 1997 where he joined Bull Cards Systems Division and gained extensive Smart Cards knowledge especially in the market segments of Banking, Telecom and Identity cards.

Joe started working at Nitecrest in 2002 primarily looking after emerging markets such as the Middle East and North Africa. He has expanded business in Europe and other parts of the world from Nitecrest’s Parisian based office. Joe speaks a multitude of languages including: French, Arabic, and Spanish.

Head Of Retail & Banking Division
Commercial Sales Director

Mr Leeroy Pye

Statement
"Due to our open sourcing methods we guarantee the lowest price possible. We also will only sell the right product for the job in hand. If we have a product that meets your requirements for a lower cost than the solution you have requested we guarantee to make it available to you, reducing your overall costs.

All of our products are robustly tested both by Visa and MasterCard and internally by Nitecrest. Add to this the fact that each module has been issued in tens of millions internationally and you can be sure of the highest quality and reliability.

Nitecrest has unrivalled capacity and can guarantee On time delivery no matter how large or small the job. No job is too large or too small and each are treated with the same level of attention”.

Background
Formerly an International sportsman with a diploma in European Business, Sport Science and French, Leeroy has since utilised his competitive nature to become a professional in his chosen field of Sales & Marketing. Combining superb business acumen with a 12 year proven track record in Sales /Business Development makes him perfectly suited to handle projects of virtually any scale.

Nitecrest has given Leeroy the perfect platform to utilise his multilingual skill set and working for a world leader certainly compliments his career portfolio. Leeroy is delighted to be on board a forward thinking business in such a buoyant market place and is set to represent Nitecrest for many successful years to come.

Telecoms Division
Business Development Manager

Mr Boutros Al Aya

Statement
“I am looking forward to enrich my experience in Telecom sales at Nitecrest and contribute to the growth of the company being a part of the business development team in Africa and the Middle East”

Background
Boutros have worked in the Middle East with the largest companies dealing in the Retail Industry and Events Management that gave him good communication skills and problem solving experience that he utilizes in dealing with international clients.

Holder of a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration & Finance along with a multiplicity of languages including Arabic, French and Italian .

Head Of Smart Cards
Business Development Manager

Mr Joe Pitcher

Statement
"Nitecrest is one of the world’s leading card providers. As a truly independent company Nitecrest is able to offer the widest choice of technologies to our clients. Nitecrest can supply Multos, Java and Native products from multiple sources. We provide SDA, DDA and Dual interface products for both Visa and MasterCard.

Our consulting team will be delighted to come and assist you in selecting the right technology for your requirements. Whatever your needs in the card market, Nitecrest has the right solution at the right price".

Background
Joe has been in the cards industry since 1998. Having graduated with an Honours degree in Economics he took up a career within the financial services sector. Having spent 7 years working for the worlds largest independent card issuer, specializing in EMV and Smart card management systems, Joe moved into the world of consulting and spent 18 months in Canada assisting on the migration to EMV for Visa and Interac cards.

Returning to the UK Joe continued as an EMV consultant working for clients in the UK, Middle East and Europe. He further strengthened his position by a consultative position within the MasterCard Chip centre of excellence in Waterloo, Belgium. Joe now leads the Smart Card team within Nitecrest and uses this knowledge and experience to help our customers throughout every stage of their smart card related projects.