Our Team

We’re a passionate team driven by the belief that cross-border payments should be simple for everyone. With offices all over the world — including Boston, Valencia, Shanghai, London, Manchester, Tokyo, Singapore, and Sydney — Flywire is dedicated to being the industry-leading global payments solution.

Leadership

Mike Massaro

Chief Executive Officer

As CEO of Flywire, Mike Massaro has grown the business from concept phase to a stable, growing global company. He has overseen the company’s expansion in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific regions including aligning Flywire’s international team with the company’s strategic direction and increasing the visibility of Flywire globally. Mike’s background spans global payments, mobile software and hardware, and e-billing at high growth technology companies, including Carrier IQ and edocs, Inc.

Mike began his career as part of the technical risk services practice at PWC, LLP and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Babson College.

Mike Ellis

Chief Financial Officer

Michael Ellis is Flywire’s Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for the company’s financial, administrative, payment operations, and customer service teams. With more than twenty-five years of experience, he brings a unique approach to solving financial challenges from revenue recognition, equity accounting, raising capital, and driving scale through system implementations and enhancements.

Prior to Flywire, Michael was the CFO at CashStar, a leading provider of digital gifting solutions for retailers, and the CFO of Eze Castle Software. Michael received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and Political Science from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Peter Butterfield

Chief Compliance Officer

Since joining Flywire in early 2015, Peter Butterfield has served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, with his responsibilities including the management of all compliance, regulatory, risk, and legal matters for the business. Peter previously spent almost fifteen years in various senior management roles within Devonshire Investors (the private equity arm of Fidelity Investments) and its operating companies.

Before joining Flywire, Peter lived and worked for over a decade in Tokyo and Singapore managing legal, risk, and compliance functions, and leading the ex-Japan APAC operations for KVH Co., Ltd. He holds a law degree from Columbia University and is also a graduate of Bowdoin College.