Vancouver-based VoPay, a leader in payment innovation, announced today that Harp Gahunia, CA, MAcc has joined the executive team as Chief Growth Officer (CGO). 

The announcement comes as VoPay consolidates its position as a leader in open payment processing technology across Canada, following several strategic partnerships in 2020, including Plaid, Visa, Currency Cloud, Fiserv, and Flinks. Harp joins the team with a tremendous wealth of knowledge and expertise in enabling organizations to realize their growth potential and will help build a structural approach to lead VoPay to further success in 2021.

Harp is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience since graduating from the School of Accountancy at the University of Waterloo with a Masters in Accounting. He has completed over $150M in various financings for various companies and sits on multiple Boards of companies in health-tech, digital transformation, and artificial intelligence space.

Starting his career at Deloitte, working in the Telecommunications teams of both Toronto, Canada and Sydney Australia offices. His portfolio of clients or work experience includes Bell New Ventures (corporate venturing arm of Bell), EnStream & Suretap Wallet (mobile payments joint venture owned by Bell, Rogers, Telus), Virgin Mobile, Virgin Money (online banking), Virgin Gaming (online tournament gaming platform), Versapay Corporation (publicly traded B2B Fintech specializing in Accounts Receivable automation), TribalScale Venture Studios (hybrid startup accelerator and VC), Optiva Inc (cloud-based billing solution for telcos around the world), and NuAi (B2B AI Operating System Platform). 

Harp brings along a wealth of experience and a well-honed set of skills to help accelerate the growth of the business. “With his understanding of our customers and B2B markets, Harp will work in unison with our mission to propel the company forward, optimizing all business activities with a more hands-on approach,” said Hamed Arbabi, CEO and Founder, VoPay. “Harp is a visionary, a natural leader, tasked with moving the entire business forward. Growth is a heavy responsibility; we believe Harp is the right person to further the path to success and we are very pleased to have him as part of the team”

About VoPay International Inc. VoPay is a leader in payment innovation offering a single API that instantly connects businesses to global banking and payment networks with speed and transparency. The company has one goal: to eliminate all payment inefficiencies, so businesses can focus on what they do best in today’s fast-paced digital economy. Discover the art of seamless and secure bank payments at https://vopay.com