Feedzai Appoints David Henshall to its Board of Directors

San Mateo, Calif. & Lisbon, Portugal – Feedzai, the world’s first RiskOps platform for financial risk management, today announced the appointment of former Citrix President and CEO, David Henshall, to its board of directors.

“Feedzai continues on its growth trajectory adding significant partnerships and industry accolades whilst continuing to showcase how financial institutions are using innovation to protect millions of people against scams and fraud,” said Nuno Sebastião, Co-founder, and CEO of Feedzai. “We are excited to welcome David to the board today. David’s vast experience of growing some of the world’s most groundbreaking companies such as Citrix will be  invaluable in helping us scale our business and continue our cycle of hyper-growth.”

“Feedzai is redefining the fight against fraud,” said David Henshall. “Joining the board to help the company in its next phase of growth is to truly address how to operationalise risk for financial crime. I’m looking forward to being part of the limitless impact that can have.”

Henshall was the president and chief executive officer at Citrix Systems, where he held executive roles for nearly twenty years. As both chief operating officer and chief financial officer he was responsible for overseeing the company’s global finance, operations and administration organisations.

Prior to joining Citrix, Henshall served as chief financial officer of Rational Software Corporation and also held various finance positions at Cypress Semiconductor and Samsung. He serves as a member of the board of directors at New Relic and Everbridge, Inc.

Henshall holds a B.S. in Business Administration from University of Arizona and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.