{"id":6059,"date":"2024-07-16T11:37:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T04:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=6059"},"modified":"2024-07-16T11:37:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T04:37:44","slug":"weel-promotes-damon-hauenstein-to-expanded-cfo-and-coo-role-strengthening-executive-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=6059","title":{"rendered":"Weel promotes Damon Hauenstein to expanded CFO and COO role, strengthening executive leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">SYDNEY<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">July 16, 2024<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/letsweel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weel<\/a>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia&#8217;s<\/span> leading spend management platform, today announced the promotion of <span class=\"xn-person\">Damon Hauenstein<\/span> to the expanded\u00a0role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). In his COO capacity, Damon will oversee the company&#8217;s daily\u00a0operational execution, in addition to his existing\u00a0CFO responsibilities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2461079\/Damon_Hauenstein_Photo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">  <\/a> <br \/><span>Weel promotes Damon Hauenstein to expanded CFO and COO role<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Weel has significantly increased the scale of its operations in recent years and is now\u00a0processing over <span class=\"xn-money\">$500 million<\/span> in transactions annually,&#8221; stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Daniel Kniaz<\/span>, Founder and CEO of Weel. &#8220;Damon has played a pivotal role in building the frameworks and systems underpinning this growth, while leading\u00a0our most critical strategic initiatives. I am confident that his expanded role will deliver enhanced efficiencies and accelerate our growth trajectory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am delighted to take on the role of COO alongside the CFO role. Weel is at a critical juncture in our scale-up journey and we now have the foundations in place to pursue our ambitious global growth strategy,&#8221; said Hauenstein. &#8220;I look forward to continuing to partner with Daniel, Russell,\u00a0and the wider team\u00a0to deliver exceptional outcomes for\u00a0our customers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Damon joined Weel in 2022 as its inaugural Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Weel, he spent over a decade at Citi, most recently as a Director in its global investment banking team. During his tenure, he successfully led teams in numerous landmark mergers and acquisitions, and capital market transactions with a combined value exceeding <span class=\"xn-money\">$20 billion<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The move caps a dynamic phase for\u00a0Weel, including a recently announced strategic partnership with Nium and Visa to enhance its customer offerings and bolster the company&#8217;s growth; and the appointments of <span class=\"xn-person\">Marten Jagers<\/span> as Chief Revenue Officer and <span class=\"xn-person\">Nina Putica<\/span> as Head of Marketing.<\/p>\n<p>About Weel<\/p>\n<p>Weel\u00a0is\u00a0Australia&#8217;s\u00a0leading spend management platform. Weel provides an all-in-one business card and spend management platform that enables finance teams to better manage, control and streamline spending across their organisation. Weel&#8217;s easy-to-use web and mobile app includes digital cards, bill payments, reimbursements, card controls, budgeting, subscription management, real-time transaction feeds, automated spend reports and powerful accounting integrations. Weel is based in\u00a0Sydney\u00a0and was founded in 2016. The company, formerly known as DiviPay, raised a\u00a0$20 million\u00a0Series A funding round in 2021 from a number of global fintech investors. Businesses have used the Weel platform to process over\u00a0$1 billion\u00a0in payments.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/letsweel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/letsweel.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">SYDNEY<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">July 16, 2024<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/letsweel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weel<\/a>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia&#8217;s<\/span> leading spend management platform, today announced the promotion of <span class=\"xn-person\">Damon Hauenstein<\/span> to the expanded\u00a0role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). In his COO capacity, Damon will oversee the company&#8217;s daily\u00a0operational execution, in addition to his existing\u00a0CFO responsibilities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2461079\/Damon_Hauenstein_Photo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">  <\/a> <br \/><span>Weel promotes Damon Hauenstein to expanded CFO and COO role<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Weel has significantly increased the scale of its operations in recent years and is now\u00a0processing over <span class=\"xn-money\">$500 million<\/span> in transactions annually,&#8221; stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Daniel Kniaz<\/span>, Founder and CEO of Weel. &#8220;Damon has played a pivotal role in building the frameworks and systems underpinning this growth, while leading\u00a0our most critical strategic initiatives. I am confident that his expanded role will deliver enhanced efficiencies and accelerate our growth trajectory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am delighted to take on the role of COO alongside the CFO role. Weel is at a critical juncture in our scale-up journey and we now have the foundations in place to pursue our ambitious global growth strategy,&#8221; said Hauenstein. &#8220;I look forward to continuing to partner with Daniel, Russell,\u00a0and the wider team\u00a0to deliver exceptional outcomes for\u00a0our customers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Damon joined Weel in 2022 as its inaugural Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Weel, he spent over a decade at Citi, most recently as a Director in its global investment banking team. During his tenure, he successfully led teams in numerous landmark mergers and acquisitions, and capital market transactions with a combined value exceeding <span class=\"xn-money\">$20 billion<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The move caps a dynamic phase for\u00a0Weel, including a recently announced strategic partnership with Nium and Visa to enhance its customer offerings and bolster the company&#8217;s growth; and the appointments of <span class=\"xn-person\">Marten Jagers<\/span> as Chief Revenue Officer and <span class=\"xn-person\">Nina Putica<\/span> as Head of Marketing.<\/p>\n<p>About Weel<\/p>\n<p>Weel\u00a0is\u00a0Australia&#8217;s\u00a0leading spend management platform. Weel provides an all-in-one business card and spend management platform that enables finance teams to better manage, control and streamline spending across their organisation. Weel&#8217;s easy-to-use web and mobile app includes digital cards, bill payments, reimbursements, card controls, budgeting, subscription management, real-time transaction feeds, automated spend reports and powerful accounting integrations. Weel is based in\u00a0Sydney\u00a0and was founded in 2016. The company, formerly known as DiviPay, raised a\u00a0$20 million\u00a0Series A funding round in 2021 from a number of global fintech investors. Businesses have used the Weel platform to process over\u00a0$1 billion\u00a0in payments.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/letsweel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/letsweel.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}