
Chris Jones
Managing Director
Chris manages PSE Consulting’s business and is well known in the UK and EU for his regular insights into payments innovation. He has spent the last 20+ years leading assignments for major clients during his time at PSE and Accenture. His particular specialisations include customer proposition development, market entry strategies and enterprise value creation. Chris is a highly effective communicator, with very strong analytical skills and able to deliver recommendations to C-level clients and company Boards. Chris regularly supports major enterprises, corporates and global digital merchant’s payments bringing new market perspectives and identifying fresh opportunities for innovation and expansion. He has also delivered payment assignments for Fintechs, banks and processors on topics such as: regulatory impacts, new acceptance methods, open banking, BNPL, gateway/acquirer convergence, and opportunities for M&A and inorganic growth.
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Other Team Members

Chris Jones
Managing Director

Peter Jones
Chairman

Luke Purser
Consulting Director

Michelle Comfort
Senior Manager

Nick Saywell
Senior Manager

Tom Hay
Senior Manager

Gonçalo Caraslindas
Senior Manager

Will Linsdell
Consultant

Graham Hiom
Senior Manager

Georgina Grainger
Consultant

Stephanie Storry
Consultant

Lucy Clarke
Administration Manager

Laurence Harding
Researcher
What our clients say
SME in all payment related space with in depth knowledge
Merchant
PSE Consulting are experts who really understand payments. They get under the skin of issues and provide consultancy that is more relevant and specific to the brief that many other consultants
Global Acquirer
PSE have strong payments experience both regarding product and the market, that is practical as well as good client mgmt skills. It's not a common combination.
Issuer
Professionalism during the project delivery and in-depth understanding of the selected topics, alongside with a flexible approach on topics e.g. change of language, timeline or scope of the project
Processor
Really took time to listen and understand our business to provide tailored and relevant consulting, it felt very bespoke not reliant on generic approach