PayByPhone Appoints First Chief Operating Officer

PayByPhone, the global leader in mobile parking payments, announces the appointment of Anthony Cashel as Chief Operating Officer, a newly created role, effective 1 January 2025.

The move comes as the company separates its commercial and operational functions. In line with this, Cashel’s new role sees him responsible globally for marketing, implementations, technical operations, client and customer support, and partnerships.

Jonny Combe, PayByPhone Chief Executive Officer, says, “At PayByPhone, we are dedicated to simplifying our users’ journeys. Part of that dedication means we must be a nimble organisation, continuously taking stock and self-assessing. Creating a Chief Operating Officer role fully underpins our restructure as we separate commercial and operational functions. Anthony's deep understanding of the commercial side of our business, coupled with his strengths in partnerships and process optimization make him ideally suited for the role. I am already looking forward to seeing the positive impact he and the teams reporting into him will achieve.”

Cashel adds, “I am delighted to be taking on this newly created role and am already looking at how we can optimize our operational excellence, enhance our processes and build new partnerships so that we can be future-fit as we continue to grow.”

Cashel, who has been Chief Client Officer since 2022, will continue to sit on the PayByPhone management board and report to Combe.

The commercial business, led by PayByPhone’s three regional managing directors, including the NA Managing Director Carmen Donnell, will be headed up by Combe.

About PayByPhone 

PayByPhone’s aim is simple: simplify your journey so you can focus on what matters most. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Financial Services AG, it is one of the fastest-growing mobile payments companies in the world, processing more than $550 million in payments and over 5 million downloads per year. Available in more than 1,200 cities across the globe, PayByPhone helps millions of consumers easily and safely pay for parking without the hassles of coins, lines, or fines. Its smart, intuitive technology is at the center of its user-first approach, delivered to make everything as simple as possible. For more information, please visit www.paybyphone.com.