History
The company was founded in 1992 by Mohammed Zackariya-Marikar. His son, Sacha Zackariya, later took over as CEO. The venture capital group 3i Plc was a shareholder in the company for a time. In 2002, the company acquired the Estonian Monex network from Hansa Bank. The Change Group International plc was started by Zackariya-Marikar with Bette Zackariya and Sacha Zackariya in 1992 from a single bureau in London Regent Street to create an international group across city branches, airports and offices in Europe, USA and Australia, employing 80 nationalities. Originally funded by private equity from 3i plc, their stake was bought out in 2005. Today, the Change Group serves approximately 5 million customers annually. The Group concluded over 18 M&A transactions over the last 25 years and won many awards, including the Queen's Award in 2006 for International Trade. The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £1,988,000 (2016: restated £1,347,000). Following the Covid Pandemic, The Change Group was acquired by the Spanish cash services company Prosegur Cash SA in 2022. In April 2023 Kogan Page published a critically acclaimed book “Leading Travel and Tourism Retail”, written by Sacha Alexander Zackariya about his experiences as CEO of ChangeGroup, with interviews from 40 travel and tourism leaders including Prime ministers and CEOs of WTTC, Gatwick Airport,Reviews
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