Our Team

Management Board

Pieter van der Does

Co-founder/Co-CEO

With over 15 years experience in the payments industry, Pieter van der Does, was CCO at Bibit before co-founding Adyen in 2006. Since then, Adyen has grown from a startup into a globally operating business, averaging double-digit annual growth since 2007. Pieter built Adyen to transform the payments landscape and has since solved payment complexity for many of the world’s leading businesses. He has earned a degree in Economics from the University of Amsterdam.

Ingo Uytdehaage

Co-CEO

Ingo joined Adyen as the CFO in 2011. Before joining Adyen, he gained extensive experience in the field of finance at several large enterprises. Having earned two business degrees and held multiple managerial positions, Ingo plays an essential role in Adyen’s continued growth. He has earned degrees in accounting and finance from Maastricht University and followed the CPA post-graduate programme from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.

Roelant Prins

CCO

As the Chief Commercial Officer of Adyen, Roelant is responsible for all commercial activities and development. After starting his career as a consultant, he moved on to the online payments industry in early 2000. Throughout the years, Roelant has held various international management roles in sales and business development for companies providing payment solutions to international ecommerce businesses. He has earned a degree in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Mariëtte Swart

CRCO

Mariëtte is the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer of Adyen. Prior to this role, she was Adyen’s General Counsel and built the legal team from the ground up. Before joining Adyen, Mariëtte worked at an international law firm where she gained vast experience in global financial services, helping companies with products in payments, debt and equity solutions, M&A and financial markets. She has earned a degree in Regulated Markets and Corporate Law from Utrecht University.

Alexander Matthey

CTO

Alexander is the Chief Technology Officer at Adyen. Prior to his role, he was VP Integrations and later EVP Technology in Adyen's Berlin office. Before joining Adyen, Alex was the CTO and Vice-President of Rocket Internet-backed GlossyBox where he gained experience in leading a fast-growing company. He has earned degrees in IT and History from Humboldt University of Berlin.

Brooke Nayden

CHRO

Brooke is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Adyen. Brooke has spent her career helping tech companies scale throughout high-growth phases and brings a comprehensive understanding of the talent landscape to Adyen’s Management Board. Brooke joined Adyen in 2017 from Atlassian in San Francisco, where she focused on Technical and Leadership Recruitment. At Adyen, Brooke served as the company’s first Head of HR in North America – a pivotal role in which she successfully led the team’s expansion in this key market. With her expertise in professionalising HR functions and maintaining high talent standards during rapid expansion, Brooke was a natural fit for the position of Adyen’s Global Head of HR, in which she led the company’s Recruitment, Business Partnering, Workplace Experience, Learning & Development, Compensation & Benefits, HR Systems & Technology teams. Brooke earned a degree in History and Literature from Claremont McKenna College.

Ethan Tandowsky

CFO

Ethan is the Chief Financial Officer at Adyen. Over the past eleven years, Ethan has helped several pre-IPO start-ups and publicly-listed companies optimise their finance and accounting functions with the aim of driving long-term business success. Ethan joined Adyen’s Finance department in 2017, following global assurance experience at EY’s offices in San Francisco and Amsterdam. At Adyen, Ethan held various positions including his most recent role as Head of Group Finance, a role on the Global Leadership Team in which he oversaw the company’s global accounting, FP&A & Investor Relations, Payroll, Tax and Reporting functions. Ethan holds a degree in Business Economics with a focus on Accounting from UC Santa Barbara. He is certified as a CPA by the California Board of Accountancy.