James Lanigan

Chief Executive Officer, Luno

James Lanigan is Chief Executive Officer of Luno, in the role since March 2023.

Luno is a cryptocurrency exchange that began in South Africa as BitX. Lanigan took over as chief executive from co-founder Marcus Swanepoel in 2023 and said at the time that a public listing was one of the company's ambitions.

In the job

  1. Took over as chief executive from co-founder Marcus Swanepoel and said Luno was considering a public listing. Source

Career before

  1. Chief Operating Officer, Luno
  2. Chief Revenue Officer, Luno
  3. VP Marketing and Countries, Luno
  4. Chief Marketing Officer, Bookatable
  5. Head of Content Operations, Thomas Cook
  6. Head of Creative and Marketing Services, bwin.party Digital Entertainment

Sources

  1. mybroadband.co.za
  2. news24.com

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