Colm Lyon
Keynote Speaker: Founder Realex Payments Ireland; CEO of Fire.com
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Colm Lyon Biography
Colm Lyon is the CEO and Founder of Fire Financial Services (www.paywithfire.com). He was the founder and CEO of Realex Payments up until the time the business was acquired in March 2015 for €115m by Global Payments. Lyon remains with the business as a non-executive director.
His latest venture – Fire Financial Services is a regulated Payments Institution offering business and personal payment accounts - branded as PayWithFire, it aims to transform banking services by providing payment accounts that are more integrated, accessible and safe. PayWithFire has been developed over several years and is led by an experienced payments leadership team.
From 2000 to 2015, Lyon led Realex Payments to be one of Europe’s largest online payment gateways – processing in excess of €28B euro per annum in online payments for over 12,500 retailers, including some of the world’s leading brands – Vodafone, Aer Lingus, Virgin Atlantic, Paddy Power, Chain Reaction Cycles, AA, 32Red, notonthehighstreet.com to name a few. Colm is a strong leader and led the business forward, over 15 years within a strategic framework that saw an appropriate balance between innovation and operations. At the time of the acquisition Realex Payments employed 170 people, had clients in 30 countries and offices in Dublin, London and Paris.
Lyon is heavily involved in working with the internet community – chairing the Irish Internet Association for several years and founding the Internet Growth Alliance. The latter was a significant force within the internet community and contributed to the highly acclaimed Internet Growth Acceleration Programme (iGAP). He has been acknowledged with numerous awards over the years (see below). Colm is a regular industry speaker on payments, business start-up and strategy. In 2014 he set up Payments Ireland and in 2015 he was appointed Chair of the Fintech and Payments Association of Ireland.
Lyon was appointed to the UK Finance Payments Products and Services Board in 2018. He has received many awards and held several industry leadership positions, including chairman of the Irish Internet Association, founder of Payments Ireland and co-founder & chairman of the Fintech and Payments Association of Ireland. Colm is an adjunct professor for University College Cork and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Innovation Academy in University College Dublin.
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What topics does Colm Lyon speak about?
Colm Lyon is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Business, Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Executive Leadership and Finance. -
Who is the agent for Colm Lyon?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Colm Lyon for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Colm Lyon for your next private or corporate function. -
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Colm Lyon or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us. -
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?
If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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