Soren Aabel Hammer

Søren Aabel Hammer is the CEO and co-founder of Mazepay A/S, a Danish fintech company that focuses on simplifying B2B payments and long-tail procurement for medium and large-scale enterprises.12

Professional Background

Hammer has an extensive career in the payments and technology sectors:

• Before founding Mazepay, he held leadership positions at prominent payment organizations such as American Express and SEB Kort / Eurocard.1
• He gained expertise in sales and business development through roles at Nets Group (now part of Nexi Group) and SailPoint Technologies.1
• His career also includes significant positions at Sun Microsystems and establishing strategic alliances at Amadeus IT Group in Asia-Pacific and Scandinavia.1

Mazepay

Hammer co-founded Mazepay in 2018 in Aarhus, Denmark, along with COO Dan Kortegaard Nielsen and CTO Thomas Dragsbæk.2 Under his leadership, Mazepay has achieved several milestones:

• The company operates in 21 countries across 5 continents.2
• In February 2023, Mazepay raised €4 million in a growth round led by Scale Capital, with participation from Hambro Perks and Outward VC.2
• Mazepay obtained a pan-European payments institute license from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority, enabling direct handling of transactions for companies paying suppliers' invoices.2

Hammer's vision for Mazepay is to become the go-to platform for businesses requiring a safer and more efficient way to handle purchases in the rapidly growing B2B payments market.2