Paris, March 24 – Spendesk, the AI-powered spend management and procurement platform has continued its expansion with the appointment of Quentin Vigneau as Chief Product Officer (CPO) and Alan Wright as Chief Technical Officer (CTO). These strategic appointments mark a new phase of growth driven by AI and the rollout of SP&A (Spend Planning & Analysis), a new category for finance.
“Quentin and Alan are joining us at a pivotal moment, as we celebrate our first year of profitability and enter a new phase of innovation - AI-driven growth with the new SP&A (Spend Planning & Analysis) finance category. Quentin’s product vision, combined with Alan’s operational expertise, are major assets for accelerating innovation at Spendesk and deploying AI-powered capabilities at scale, while maintaining the reliability that finance teams depend on. We are confident that their experience will help strengthen our leadership in corporate spend management. Our goal is to turn spend decisions into a strategic advantage for European SMEs” said Axel Demazy, CEO of Spendesk.
Quentin Vigneau, Chief Product Officer at Spendesk
Quentin Vigneau, 34, is responsible for defining and driving Spendesk’s product vision. His mission is to anticipate the needs of corporate clients’ finance teams and address sources of friction. Over the coming months, he will focus on enhancing the platform’s key features, such as expense management, card management, and accounts payable. In a constantly evolving industry, Spendesk is banking on new intelligence and connectivity capabilities that will define the next generation of financial tools.
“I’m thrilled to join the Spendesk team and put product innovation and AI to work for businesses. We have a unique opportunity to leverage our software and payment infrastructure and deep market knowledge to deliver an increasingly integrated and intelligent expense management experience. My goal is to design solutions that streamline processes for finance teams. They must also create sustainable strategic value for our clients and define what the next generation of expense management will look like,” says Quentin Vigneau, Chief Product Officer at Spendesk.
A graduate of HEC Paris and Télécom Paris, Quentin Vigneau worked at Checkout.com, where he led third-party integrations and helped drive year-over-year growth of more than 100% for small and medium-sized businesses in the retail sector.
He then spent nearly five years as Director of Payments at Swile. There, he built a comprehensive EMI infrastructure and achieved an annual issuance volume of over €4 billion in France and Brazil. As an active investor in a dozen B2B fintech startups, he stays closely attuned to market innovations.
Alan Wright, Chief Technical Officer at Spendesk
Alan Wright, 52, is joining Spendesk to lead the company’s technology strategy and turn it into a major competitive advantage. His vision rests on three pillars: the platform’s reliability for finance teams, an engineering organisation focused on rapid execution, and the integration of AI at the core of development processes. His priority is to ensure the platform’s quality and stability while accelerating the rollout of new features, including AI-powered workflows to automate repetitive tasks.
“I am very excited to join Spendesk to position technology as a true catalyst for growth and innovation. My ambition is to build technology infrastructure that not only supports our strategic goals but also addresses the challenges businesses face. By focusing on reliability, security, and the smart integration of AI, we will provide our customers with the tools they need to transform their financial operations,” said Alan Wright, Chief Technical Officer at Spendesk.
With 25 years of experience, Alan Wright has helped build leading European technology companies. Notably, he spent eight years at Spotify, helping the company grow from 1 million to 120 million paying subscribers. At Monzo Bank, he oversaw infrastructure, storage, security, and data engineering as the customer base grew from 750,000 to 6 million. More recently, as VP of Engineering at Signal AI, he restructured the organisation, helped achieve savings of £800,000, and launched one of the company’s most significant AI programs.