Speakers

John Caplan is the CEO and Director of Payoneer. He is an executive, investor and entrepreneur with a track record of scaling companies in the digital economy. Previously, he was President of North America and Europe at Alibaba.com, the cross-border B2B business unit of Alibaba Group. In this role, he helped lead its transformation into one of Alibaba Group’s fastest growing and most profitable business units. Caplan joined Alibaba’s team in 2017 following its acquisition of OpenSky, an SMB software platform he founded in 2009, which empowered ecommerce SMBs to optimize their distribution across marketplaces. Mr. Caplan was also previously Chief Executive Officer at Ford Models, Inc., a fashion talent agency, and CMO of About.com, an internet publishing business. Mr. Caplan has a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Rochester (1991).

Assaf Ronen is Payoneer's Chief Platform Officer, responsible for leading Payoneer's Technology, Product, and High Value Service units.

Prior to Payoneer, Assaf was the Chief Product Officer for SoFi heading Engineering, Product & Design, and oversaw the strategy and direction of SoFi's suite of product offerings. Prior to SoFi, he founded and was Vice President of Amazon's Alexa shopping group, creating a new market category in the burgeoning new world of voice assistants. Assaf had previously been a Vice President responsible for Amazon's physical payments business. Prior to Amazon, he spent nearly seven years at Microsoft where most served as general manager of Skype after its acquisition, and as the general manager of identity, access, and security products.

Adam Cohen is the Chief Growth Officer at Payoneer. He leads the company’s customer growth and global partnership strategy while overseeing Payoneer’s six regional leaders. From September 2019 to February 2022, Adam served as Payoneer’s General Manager of Enterprise. He is an accomplished business leader with a passion for growth, entrepreneurship and launching new businesses. During his time away from Payoneer, Adam gained vast experience in entrepreneurship co-founding a company called Exploring New Territories. Returning to Payoneer as Chief Growth Officer in January 2023, Adam is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and small businesses and has a deep understanding of both Payoneer and SMBs globally.

Prior to Payoneer, he spent eight years working at Shaldor in Tel Aviv. Adam holds an M.A. in Cognitive Sciences from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Bea Ordonez is the CFO of Payoneer. She leads the company’s financial operations, treasury and banking infrastructure, accounting, financial planning and analysis, investor relations and internal audit functions. Bea has more than 20 years of C-suite experience in financial technology companies with a focus on capital markets, global trading platforms and data solutions and banking.

Prior to joining Payoneer in early 2023, Bea served as the Chief Innovation Officer at Webster Bank. Her previous roles also include CFO positions at Sterling National Bank, OTC Markets Group and G-Trade and as the COO at Convergex.

Bea holds a B.A. in Law (LLB) from the University of Nottingham.