Jason Welham joins FOCUS as a Managing Director. Previously, Welham was a Director at Lazard providing strategic advice across the fintech and payments sector to corporates and financial investors.

Before joining Lazard, Welham was Corporate Development Manager at VocaLink and led large aspects of the transaction which resulted in the sale to Mastercard announced in 2016.

Prior to this, Welham worked at a big four firm, where he specialized in Transaction Advisory Services advising a range of clients across various sectors including Financial Services, Technology, Media and Telecommunications.

Welham is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, ACA and attended Loughborough University where he obtained a BSC in Business Economics & Finance.