Board of Directors

Dawn is a global business leader of major retailers, department stores, brands and startups, including Old Navy, Myer, Macy’s, Saks, Inc., and Sean John. She has over 30 years expertise at the executive management level in leadership, collaborative problem-solving, with extensive turnaround experience and driving growth. She is currently on the Board of Directors at; OCM – Spire Capital, Women in Retail Leadership, The Apparel Group; the Board of Trustees at Everything, and on the Board of Advisors for Runway of Dreams. Dawn is also the CEO of OCM.

Dan has 30 years of merchant services, payments and fintech experience, including senior executive and board-level roles at some of the largest fintech companies in the world. He most recently served as Chairman, Global Business Solutions at Fiserv, joining the company through its merger with First Data In 2019. At First Data, Charron was Executive Vice President (EVP) of Global Business Solutions. This $5.3 billion division supported over 6 million customers with operations in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Before Fiserv, he spent 14 years at Chase Paymentech, including serving as President and CEO of the global payment processing business of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Nandan brings domain expertise through his work at large payment companies, major banks, Fortune 100 companies and disruptive technology startups across North America and Europe. His record of entrepreneurial success includes scaling and successfully exiting multiple fintech companies, including Harbor Payments (sold to American Express in 2006) and Acculynk (sold to First Data/Fiserv in 2017). His executive experience in the payments and fintech sector spans strategy, scaling innovation, corporate and business development, product development, technology, and operations. Prior to joining Splitit, he served as Fiserv’s Head of Global Digital Commerce as well as Head of Fiserv’s Carat business, an ecosystem of omnichannel commerce solutions for large multinational merchants.

Chris Williams joined Motive Partners in 2022 and is a Managing Director on the Investment Team based out of the New York office. Chris focuses on investment thesis development, deal origination and execution, and the monitoring of Motive’s portfolio companies. Prior to joining Motive, Chris was a Principal at Oak Hill Capital Partners, where, during his 14-year tenure, he focused on investments across financial, business, and consumer services sectors. This role saw Chris manage investments totaling over $1.5 billion in equity.

Scott Kauffman is a Founding Partner leading the Motive Investment Team. Scott is a Member of the Board of Directors of LPA and InvestCloud, previously serving on the board of both Finantix and Tegra118, which rolled into InvestCloud at the time of acquisition. Scott is also a Director and Co-Chairman of the Board at Wilshire.