Lightspeed's board of directors appointed JP Chauvet to the role of Chief Executive Officer, on February 2, 2022.

Chauvet joined Lightspeed in October 2012 as Chief Revenue Officer and became a board member in September 2013. In April 2016, he was named President and throughout his tenure had been integral to advancing Lightspeed’s mission, including leading many of the Company’s strategic acquisitions, its listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange, and leading the launch and growth of the Lightspeed Payments platform. Chauvet has also overseen the Company’s robust customer growth worldwide.

With over 17 years of technology leadership experience and a strategic mind to match, JP has been a key element of Lightspeed's continued growth. By developing Lightspeed's go-to-market strategy and taking a more direct approach to engaging independent businesses, he has helped equip over 150,000 retail and hospitality customer locations worldwide with cutting-edge technology. Prior to joining Lightspeed, Mr. Chauvet held various leadership positions at Atex Group across Europe and Asia where his last role was CEO, EMEA. Prior to Joining Atex, Mr. Chauvet was the VP, Sales and Marketing of Nstein Technologies and from 2000 to 2005, he was the VP, Sales and Marketing of IXIASOFT Technologies Inc.

Mr. Saint-Martin joined Lightspeed in May 2019 through the acquisition of Chronogolf, a SaaS company he co-founded in 2013. In October 2019 he was promoted to Senior Director of Global Account Management and in July 2020 he became our Senior Vice President of Global Sales. In 2022, JD became President of Lightspeed.

Prior to founding and growing his own company, Mr. Saint-Martin accumulated five years of experience in Venture Capital and Private Equity at Teralys Capital in Montreal and GE Equity in London, UK.

Mr. Saint-Martin holds a Master of Science in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Commerce in International Business from the University of Ottawa.

Asha Bakshani was promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer in April of 2022 reporting directly to the CEO, JP Chauvet. Previous to that she was Lightspeed’s Executive VP of Finance.

Ms Bakshani leads all finance-related functions including financial reporting, core accounting, internal audit, financial planning & analysis, tax, and investor relations. She started her career at Lightspeed in November 2014. She has over 15 years of experience as a financial leader in the technology/media space.

Before joining Lightspeed, Ms Bakshani was the Senior Vice President of Finance at Cineflix, a media production and distribution company. Prior to that, she spent almost 10 years working in public accounting at Deloitte and Arthur Andersen and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Canada and a CFA charterholder. She holds a B. Comm and Graduate Diploma in Accounting from McGill University. Asha also sits on the board of a non-profit organization, Spread the Joy.

Brandon Nussey was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in May of 2022. Previously he held the position of Chief Financial Officer.

As Lightspeed’s Chief Operating Officer, he is responsible for operational execution of the business in the areas of people, legal, IT, payment and financial services operations and acquisition integration. He also leads Lightspeed’s key strategic business partnerships, and helps drive successful execution of Lightspeed’s financial services strategies.

Prior to Lightspeed he was Chief Financial Officer at D2L Inc, a SaaS-based education technology provider. Brandon also held a series of roles at Descartes Systems Group, advancing to the CFO position in 2004. In April of 2018 Mr Nussey joined Lightspeed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and oversaw the Company’s IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange and subsequent listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Nussey is Treasurer and a Board Member at the Loran Scholars Foundation, and also sits on the board of Thinkific Labs Inc.

Kady Srinivasan is Lightspeed’s Chief Marketing Officer and leads Lightspeed's overall marketing strategy aimed at building on the Company's market position to help drive strategic growth, innovation, and value for shareholders and customers worldwide. Srinivasan is a tenured executive with more than 15 years of experience leading, building, and scaling marketing efforts at retail, gaming, consumer products, and technology companies.

Srinivasan joins Lightspeed from Klaviyo, a SaaS marketing automation technology provider, where she served as SVP, Global Head of Marketing. Previously, Srinivasan was the Chief Marketing Officer at Owlet Baby Care, leading the global marketing and sales efforts that built brand equity, expanded the TAM, created demand and raised awareness of the company as a leader in infant health technology. Before joining Owlet Baby Care, Kady was Dropbox's Global Head of Marketing and Integrated GTM, where she led marketing for SMBs and consumers, driving considerable growth within two customer segments. Kady was instrumental in launching the Dropbox Business product brand and played a key role in Dropbox's IPO journey. Srinivasan also served as Senior Director of Growth and Integrated Marketing for Electronic Arts' Mobile Division. She is currently a Venture Advisor at Relay Ventures and a mentor for Girls Who Code. Kady holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BE from RV College of Engineering.

Ryan Tabone is Lightpseed’s Chief Product & Technology Officer, responsible for leading our global Product and Technology team and driving our product strategy to change the future of commerce for small and medium businesses. Ryan brings to the table an impressive track record of tackling large-scale technology challenges through a customer experience lens. He has a history of empowering the P&T teams he leads to keep creativity and innovation at the heart of everything they do.

Prior to Lightspeed, Ryan held a +15-year tenure at Google where he oversaw the development of various groundbreaking products including Chromebook, G Suite, and Google Finance. During that time, he held a number of roles—most recently as the Vice President & General Manager of Google Pay and Google Finance. Ryan has a Bachelor of Science from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ms. Wight has over 15 years’ experience across strategy and operations in the TMT sector across both B2B and B2C, and in corporate, management consulting, and start-up environments. Bringing a blend of strategic and operational expertise, analytical thinking and rigour, and a strong bias for action and execution to the teams and organizations that she leads, Ms. Wight has a strong track record of creating high performing, highly engaged teams.

Prior to her role as GM Retail at Lightspeed, Ms. Wight was the CEO of Vend. Before leading Vend, Ms. Wight held roles at McKinsey & Company (SVP), Microsoft, and Spark. Ana received a Bachelor of Commerce Degree, graduating with honours, from the University of Auckland.

Mr. Dougherty is the General Manager of Hospitality at Lightspeed. Never shy to tackle challenges, Mr. Dougherty has helped grow Lightspeed from Startup to Scale and has played a key role in launching Lightspeed Restaurant in the Americas, rebuilding core components of the GTM teams and most recently, turning Partnerships into one of the fastest growing groups in the business.

Outside of work, Mr. Dougherty loves a project and spending time with his family in the country. Mr. Dougherty holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Canadian History from Concordia University.

Heath is Co-Founder of NuORDER and General Manager of Brand at Lightspeed, overseeing NuORDER by Lightspeed. NuORDER by Lightspeed is a B2B commerce platform that is revolutionizing buying and selling between brands and retailers.

Heath is an entrepreneur at heart, having founded an internet business at age 15 in Adelaide, Australia. He went on to serve as Managing Director, at Furst Media in Australia from 2004-2008, where he and partner Olivia Skuza led the company to great success across publishing, creative, and digital commerce.

Following a successful departure from Furst Media in 2008, Heath and Olivia moved to Los Angeles where they founded STATE OF TOMORROW, L.A.’s first and only fashion-focused marketing and digital agency at the time. While the agency produced award-winning campaigns and cutting-edge brand development, Heath spurred the innovation side, expanding the agency’s work on e-commerce sites into full backend CMS development. During this process, he witnessed a fashion wholesale model that was, in short, antiquated, and saw an opening to revolutionize the entire industry. This led Heath to begin developing NuORDER in 2011.

Heath’s passion, spirit for positive change, and unrelenting drive have been key factors in NuORDER’s current success, including several product innovations brought to market under Heath’s leadership. In 2020, NuORDER introduced Virtual Showroom, a collaborative technology that provides retailers and brands with an immersive online experience to buy and sell in the absence of physical appointments. Virtual Showroom quickly scaled and NuORDER soon became the official digital trade show provider for the largest trade shows in the world. In 2021, NuORDER launched Payments, an innovative and streamlined processing solution transforming the way brands and retailers transact on a global scale.

Mr. Micak has served as the head of our legal function since September 2018 becoming our Chief Legal Officer in December 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Micak was VP, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary at D2L Inc. from June 2017 to July 2018, and Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary with D2L Inc. from September 2011 to June 2017.

Mr. Micak also previously worked in private practice as an Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Mr. Micak holds a J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in English Rhetoric and Professional Writing from the University of Waterloo.

Shirvani Mudaly is Lightspeed's Chief People Officer, stepping into the role after being VP, People & Culture, APAC. With a significant background in change management, developing leadership capabilities and culture transformation, Shirvani's focus is on how Lightspeed attracts, engages and retains amazing people and fosters high-performing teams.

Prior to her roles with Lightspeed, Shirvani was Chief People Officer at Vend and Yellow in New Zealand, and has 20 years' of HR experience in the tech, financial and media sectors. She gained a Bachelor of Education from the University of Auckland and a Diploma in Business Studies, Human Resources from Massey University.