Our team

Management Board

Pieter van der Does

Co-founder and Co-CEO

With over 15 years experience in the payments industry, Pieter van der Does, was CCO at Bibit before co-founding Adyen in 2006. Since then, Adyen has grown from a startup into a globally operating business, averaging double-digit annual growth since 2007. Pieter built Adyen to transform the payments landscape, and has since solved payment complexity for many of the world’s leading businesses. He has earned a degree in Economics from the University of Amsterdam. Pieter is a member of the Supervisory Board of Écart.

Ingo Uytdehaage

Co-CEO

Ingo joined Adyen as the CFO in 2011. Before joining Adyen, he gained extensive experience in the field of finance at several large enterprises. Having earned two business degrees and held multiple managerial positions, Ingo plays an essential role in Adyen’s continued growth. He has earned degrees in accounting and finance from Maastricht University and followed the CPA post-graduate program from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Ingo is a member of the Non-Executive Board and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of Wise plc.

Roelant Prins

CCO

As the Chief Commercial Officer of Adyen, Roelant is responsible for all commercial activities and development. After starting his career as a consultant, he moved on to the online payments industry in early 2000. Throughout the years, Roelant has held various international management roles in sales and business development for companies providing payment solutions to international ecommerce businesses. He has earned a degree in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Roelant is a member of the Supervisory Board of Seenons B.V.

Mariette Swart, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Adyen.

Mariëtte Swart

CRCO

Mariëtte is the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer of Adyen. Prior to this role, she was Adyen’s General Counsel and built the legal team from the ground up. Before joining Adyen, Mariëtte worked at an international law firm where she gained vast experience in global financial services, helping companies with products in payments, debt and equity solutions, M&A and financial markets. She has earned a degree in Regulated Markets and Corporate Law from Utrecht University. Mariëtte is a member of the Supervisory Board of Stichting Fairfood International.

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Brooke Nayden

CHRO

Brooke is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Adyen. Brooke has spent her career helping tech companies scale throughout high-growth phases, and brings a comprehensive understanding of the talent landscape to Adyen’s Management Board. At Adyen, Brooke served as Global Head of HR as part of the Global Leadership team, a role in which she successfully led the company’s expansion. Previously at Atlassian, she focused on Technical and Leadership Recruitment. Brooke holds a degree in History and Literature from Claremont McKenna College.

Ethan Tandowsky

CFO

Ethan is the Chief Financial Officer at Adyen. Over the past decade, Ethan has helped several pre-IPO start-ups and publicly-listed companies optimize their finance and accounting functions while at EY. Ethan joined Adyen’s Finance department in 2017 and was part of the Global Leadership Team as Head of Group Finance. Ethan holds a degree in Business Economics with a focus on Accounting from UC Santa Barbara. He is certified as a CPA by the California Board of Accountancy. Ethan is a member of the Board of Stichting Sub3.

Tom Adams

CTO

Tom is the Chief Technology Officer of Adyen. Prior to joining Adyen, he led the global engineering organization at Cash App (Block, Inc.). Tom has held senior leadership positions in various financial services and technology companies in the United States and Australia. With over 25 years of experience in technical and leadership roles, he brings significant leadership experience in high-growth technology companies. Tom holds a Bachelor of Information Technology in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Physical Mathematics from Griffith University.