Women Leaders in Payments: podcast with G+D’s Gabrielle Bugat

Gabrielle Bugat sums her outlook as “in motion and in action.” In a path that has taken her to the CEO’s role at G+D ePayments, she has worked in Texas, Mexico, and Germany, as well as her native France, always in pursuit of new challenges and experiences: “Whenever I enter an area of [too much] comfort, I know it’s time for a change.”

As she recounts in the recent Women Leaders in Payments podcast series, her engineering background has allowed her to navigate key parts of the tech landscape – from the early days of SIM connectivity to today’s advanced payments systems. Alongside, her own personal story has helped her manage many the complexities and speedbumps of a career as a woman.

Hers is a leadership style that channels the collective intelligence of teams – whether in innovation of business execution. As she says, that can mean working to create a mindset of entrepreneurial freedom within the team (“express yourself like a jazz musician”) or collaborating like a hive of bees to achieve amazing outcomes (“show me the honey”).

A number of pivotal moments and events have shaped her work and personal life. But she is keen to emphasize that it is possible to have both a dynamic career and a fulfilling family life, especially when aided by great mentoring and an extensive network of supportive colleagues.