News Summary

Lightspeed Commerce, a Montréal-based payments processor, has announced the addition of Sameer Samat, president of Google’s Android ecosystem, and Odilon Almeida, a seasoned FinTech CEO, to its board of directors. The appointments aim to enhance the company’s strategic transformation plan and focus on product-led growth and profitability. Samat brings extensive expertise in product and technology from his role at Google, while Almeida offers significant industry experience from his leadership roles at ACI Worldwide and Western Union. These changes, effective October 1, come as long-standing board members Patrick Pichette and Rob Williams step down.