Appointment signals a move toward AI-powered operational transparency, real-time compliance, and data-led growth for customers
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 2026 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/ – Cellulant,
Africa’s leading payment technology company, has appointed Anthony
Hernandez as Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead end-to-end customer
experience, from onboarding and transactions to customer growth,
alongside advancing operational automation across the business.
Cellulant serves the payment needs of enterprises and global businesses
across Africa through a single API that connects to multiple markets and
hundreds of payment methods. As the company continues to scale, its
focus is on strengthening the operational backbone required to enable
payments with consistency, reliability, and visibility for customers
across every market while enabling them to grow.
Commenting on the appointment, Peter O’Toole, Chief Executive Officer
of Cellulant, said, “In payments today, trust is the real currency,
and operational excellence is what earns it. As we continue to grow our
volumes and support market-leading businesses across Africa and beyond,
we are deliberately strengthening our operational foundations.
Anthony’s role is to ensure we embed that operational discipline with
intention, delivering consistent, high-quality experiences as we deepen
our presence across markets and support our customers’ growth.”
Anthony brings over 25 years of global leadership experience across
financial services, fintech, and industrial sectors, with a strong track
record in building and scaling high-performing operating models in
complex, regulated, and fast-growing environments.
Throughout his career, Anthony has held senior leadership roles at GE
Capital, Xapo Bank, and Demica (now part of FIS), where he led
large-scale digital transformations, regulatory approvals, and built
global operating teams managing assets totalling tens of billions of
dollars.
Under Hernandez’s leadership, Cellulant will advance an automated,
data-driven operational framework to meet growing customer expectations
around real-time visibility into fund status and settlements, alongside
robust transaction monitoring to support compliance across its markets.
Leveraging platform data, the company will deliver deeper insights to
help customers optimise performance, manage risk, and grow. He will also
strengthen compliance and risk frameworks to ensure the highest
standards of governance across regulated markets.
“Payment flexibility starts with access to the right options and is
grown by how reliably those options work in practice,” said Anthony,
COO at Cellulant. “Cellulant has built a powerful payment
infrastructure for businesses operating across Africa, and I’m excited
to join a team that is at the very heart of Africa’s digital economy.
Our focus is now building the operational discipline and systems that
ensure customers experience simple, reliable and frictionless payment
experiences every time, while giving them the visibility and insight to
grow their businesses.”
ABOUT CELLULANT
Cellulant is Africa’s leading payments company, providing seamless,
secure, and innovative solutions that empower businesses, banks, and
global brands to thrive in a fast-changing global economy.
With a presence in over 24 countries and support for more than 200
payment methods, including cards, bank transfers, and mobile money, our
single API payment platform, Tingg, streamlines collections,
disbursements, and reconciliations. Tingg processes over 4.5 million
transactions daily for market leaders across various sectors, including
Travel & Hospitality, Telecoms, E-commerce, Ride-Hailing, Trade, and
Remittances.
By simplifying how people pay and get paid, we drive trust, commerce,
and scale, connecting companies and people to their ambitions.
For More Information:
● Visit – www.cellulant.io [2] | LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/cellulant/
