Change of Ownership at Currency Research

In a management earnout of up to 100%, Currency Research’s CEO and President Jens Seidl and Vice President Shaun Ferrari will become majority shareholders of the company. The founder, and current sole shareholder, Richard Haycock will sell all his shares and resign from the Chairman position, effective 1 January 2025.

Jens Seidl will be Chairman and CEO, and Shaun Ferrari will be Chief Commercial Officer. The Advisory Board will continue without change, providing strategic advice to the business.

Currency Research is a leading provider of premium events for the cash and payments sectors. It also offers training, webinars, publications and consultancy, and is a co-founder of Universal Access to Payments (UA2P) Summits, a not-for-profit initiative focused on financial inclusion.

The company was founded by Richard Haycock in 2002, shortly after he sold the CSI business that he had also founded to De La Rue. As part of CSI, he established the Currency Conference, the first of which was held in 1992.