Pushpay Holdings Limited announced the appointment of US-based Michael Song as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective 15 December 2022. Michael is an experienced financial executive with over 25 years of leadership and management experience in growth-stage to mature companies. He has a strong background in technology, particularly in digital and e-commerce, SaaS companies, brand management, broadcast media services, as well as information services.

Being based in California, US, Michael will provide support to the leadership team while the transition of the CFO role to the US is underway. With the conclusion of the expressions of interest process, Pushpay's current Interim CFO, Richard Keys will end his contract from 15 December 2022. Following that date, Richard will remain in an advisory role to support Pushpay throughout the remainder of the Scheme Implementation process.

The Board appreciates Richard remaining with Pushpay through the process, given his specific expertise in this area, and thanks him for his considerable contribution. Pushpay continues its executive search to appoint a full-time US-based CFO and the appointment of a US-based Interim CFO will provide continuity during the search. The Company will further advise the market in due course.

Michael is a Founding Partner and Senior Adviser of Rustic Canyon Partners, a venture capital firm with a focus on early-stage and growth capital companies in the digital media and consumer interactive services sector. He has significant executive experience from a number of prior CFO roles where he had a focus on corporate restructurings, change management and merger and acquisitions. Michael has been a CFO nine different times in his career for private equity-backed private companies.

Most recently, Michael served as an Interim CFO where he was responsible for the restructure of company operations and oversight of the finance, treasury, human resources, legal, strategic planning and business intelligence functions. Michael received his Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University. Michael lives with his family in Santa Monica, California, US.