Toronto, Ontario, March 25, 2021 – Payfare Inc. (“Payfare” or the “Company”) (TSX:PAY) a financial technology company powering digital banking and instant payout solutions for the global gig economy wishes to welcome its new directors to the Payfare board (the “Board”). 

On March 8, 2021 the Company held an Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders and at that time elected and ratified the composition of its Board.  Payfare would like to take this opportunity to welcome the following new directors, and to thank its incumbent directors on their re-election.

The new directors are as follows:

• Kelly Graziadei brings 20 years of leadership experience in tech companies including AltaVista, Yahoo and Facebook. Ms. Graziadei joined Facebook in 2010 and built and led its Mid-Market Sales & Account Management team in North America growing it to $1 billion in revenue and 150 people nationwide in a few short years. Later during her tenure at Facebook, she led Monetization Product Marketing for the Direct Response Ads & Commerce business globally, focused on inbound product strategy and global go-to market, growing the business to $15 billion.  After Facebook, she became an Entrepreneur in Residence at Foundation Capital and Angel Investor. In 2018, Ms. Graziadei became a founding partner of f7 Ventures. She has made over 20 investments in pre-seed & seed stage companies. Ms. Graziadei holds or has held board positions with Pacific Community Ventures, the University of Colorado and Flockjay. She is a certified coach and has served as a mentor for First Round Capital and Sequoia Capital.


• Matt Swann is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Booking.com. Mr. Swann leads Booking.com’s full stack technology strategy to support the company’s continued growth as a global technology leader in travel and experiences, working to create a seamless end-to-end experience for travelers. Mr. Swann joined Booking.com from event and ticketing marketplace StubHub, where he also served as CTO, leading the company’s technology strategy to drive growth and innovation for the business. Mr. Swann previously served as Chief Information Officer at Citibank, where he set the technical vision and strategy for one of the world’s largest financial institutions, as well as Vice President and Global Payments Chief at Amazon, where he and his teams delivered a mobile commerce system that enabled hundreds of millions of customers to buy and sell on the platform. Mr. Swann holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University and recently relocated to Amsterdam.


• Dmitry Sh