WEX CEO and leadership

Melissa D. Smith is chair and chief executive officer of WEX (NYSE: WEX), a leading provider of financial technology services, where she leads the creation and execution of the company’s strategy as well as the development of talent and culture globally. Melissa assumed the role of CEO and a seat on the board of directors in January 2014 after serving as the company’s president since May 2013.

Her background in finance is significant and dates back to the start of her career, at Ernst & Young. Over the years, Melissa has had responsibility for finance, IT, operations and business development in many roles at WEX. As senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer, she spearheaded the company’s IPO in 2005. Under Melissa’s leadership, WEX has experienced double-digit growth-to become a $1.7 billion company-and expanded globally beyond its core fleet offering to include healthcare and travel.

Melissa demonstrates a strong commitment to the local business and nonprofit communities in Maine, where she currently serves on the not-for-profit board of directors for MaineHealth. She is cofounder of the Executive Women’s Forum and sheJAMs, an organization that fosters an atmosphere where women can train together noncompetitively. Melissa has been involved with the Maine Cancer Foundation’s Tri for a Cure since its inception-both participating in the event and volunteering for it-and she has secured WEX as a corporate sponsor. Past service includes sitting on the board of directors for Dead River Company and the Center for Grieving Children.

Melissa was named among PYMNTS.COM’s 2014 Most Innovative Women in Payments, PaymentSource’s 2014 and 2019 Most Influential Women in Payments, MaineBiz magazine’s 2012 “Women to Watch,” and named the 2013 “Woman of Distinction” by Girl Scouts of Maine.

Specialties: strategic planning, team building, sales management, payment card processing

28+ years of experience developing software for all markets ranging from turn key systems including flight simulators, working in 3D graphics and developing tools for the visual simulation, game, and entertainment marketplace, building enterprise level software at Oracle, and finally financial Software as a Service products that serve over 25 million customers and most of the large financial institutions in the US.

Worked in the smallest companies to the largest, all products developed have been recognized as market leaders and innovative in their respective niches.

Grown companies from a few employees through to many located in different sites, countries, and cultures and been through several successful acquisitions in the process.

Responsible for software development, release, product management, and operational aspects at various times, and also key contributor on the business side from a strategy, technology, roadmap, and product perspective.

From a financial perspective familiar with the stringent audit and compliance demands of developing software for those markets.

Melanie Tinto is a Chief Human Resources Officer at WEX INC..

Annie joined WEX in 2014, bringing to the company nearly 15 years of experience in business risk strategy and management, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. As chief risk & compliance officer (CRCO), Annie is responsible for managing all of WEX’s enterprise risk management efforts, which include global oversight of WEX’s regulated financial service entities, corporate compliance, credit risk management, insurance, third party risk management and organizational resilience. She previously served as senior vice president, and chief ethics and compliance officer, overseeing WEX’s global programs covering ethics and compliance, enterprise risk management and organizational resilience, and the provision of legal support involving Bank governance and regulatory matters, privacy, litigation, human resources and procurement.

Prior to joining WEX, Annie was associate general counsel and chief compliance officer for SIG SAUER and IDEXX Laboratories, where she advised on domestic and international legal matters, built compliance and ethics programs, set reporting strategies, and supported the general counsel with corporate governance, board matters and SEC reporting. Annie also worked in private practice at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green in New Hampshire and served as a law clerk for Judge Eugene E. Siler Jr. of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. She holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where she graduated first in her class, and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University. She is active in her community supporting nonprofits with missions that she is passionate about and she holds a seat on the Board of Directors of Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute and the Dempsey Center.

Hilary Rapkin is a Chief Legal Officer at WEX INC. and Senior VP/Secy/Gen Cnsl at WEX INC.. She has worked as VP/General Counsel at Wright Express Corp, Senior VP/Secy/General Counsel at WEX INC., and Senior VP/Secy/General Counsel at Wright Express Corp. Hilary works or has worked as MEMBER at American Corporate Counsel Assn, MEMBER at American Bar Assn, and MEMBER at New England Legal Fdtn. She studied at University of Maine Law School and Bowdoin College.

Melissa D. Smith is chair and chief executive officer of WEX (NYSE: WEX), a leading provider of financial technology services, where she leads the creation and execution of the company’s strategy as well as the development of talent and culture globally. Melissa assumed the role of CEO and a seat on the board of directors in January 2014 after serving as the company’s president since May 2013.

Her background in finance is significant and dates back to the start of her career, at Ernst & Young. Over the years, Melissa has had responsibility for finance, IT, operations and business development in many roles at WEX. As senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer, she spearheaded the company’s IPO in 2005. Under Melissa’s leadership, WEX has experienced double-digit growth-to become a $1.7 billion company-and expanded globally beyond its core fleet offering to include healthcare and travel.

Melissa demonstrates a strong commitment to the local business and nonprofit communities in Maine, where she currently serves on the not-for-profit board of directors for MaineHealth. She is cofounder of the Executive Women’s Forum and sheJAMs, an organization that fosters an atmosphere where women can train together noncompetitively. Melissa has been involved with the Maine Cancer Foundation’s Tri for a Cure since its inception-both participating in the event and volunteering for it-and she has secured WEX as a corporate sponsor. Past service includes sitting on the board of directors for Dead River Company and the Center for Grieving Children.

Melissa was named among PYMNTS.COM’s 2014 Most Innovative Women in Payments, PaymentSource’s 2014 and 2019 Most Influential Women in Payments, MaineBiz magazine’s 2012 “Women to Watch,” and named the 2013 “Woman of Distinction” by Girl Scouts of Maine.

Specialties: strategic planning, team building, sales management, payment card processing