London, United Kingdom, June 2025 – Andrea Himmelbauer has been appointed as the new Chief People Officer at AstroPay, a global digital wallet and fintech platform. In this role, Andrea will lead AstroPay’s global people strategy, focusing on scalable culture-building, talent development, and creating an inclusive and high-performing workplace for a globally distributed workforce.
Prior to joining AstroPay, Andrea Himmelbauer served as Culture & People Lead at Mettle, a digital business account platform. Over nearly four years, she played a key role in shaping hybrid work culture, fostering employee engagement, and aligning HR processes with business values. Simultaneously, she held the role of People & Culture Lead at NatWest Boxed, where she scaled the organization from 100 to 650 employees across the UK and Poland. Her work included driving diversity and inclusion metrics, designing career frameworks, and transforming the HR team into strategic business partners.
Before this, Andrea served as Director, People Operations at Arcus, a Mastercard company. In this role, she led the development of HR functions during a phase of rapid growth, built the first performance review process, and strengthened the organization’s values and leadership development initiatives.
Andrea’s earlier career at Grupo Modelo, ZX Ventures, and AB InBev encompassed a range of impactful roles, including Manager, Talent Management and HR Business Partner. She led award-winning diversity and inclusion projects, implemented performance management systems across multiple countries, and helped launch HR capabilities for start-up businesses in Mexico under the ZX Ventures banner.
Her contributions have consistently been recognized for advancing employee experience, aligning HR with business strategy, and transforming organizational culture across Latin America and Europe.
About AstroPay
AstroPay is a leading global digital wallet platform empowering users to manage and transfer funds seamlessly across borders. With its intuitive design, multi-currency capabilities, and secure infrastructure, AstroPay caters to freelancers, digital nomads, and international businesses. The platform provides competitive savings options, fast transactions, and financial freedom at users’ fingertips.
AstroPay continues to redefine digital financial services with a commitment to innovation, inclusivity, and user experience. Andrea’s appointment marks a strategic step in strengthening the company’s people-first philosophy as it scales across global markets.
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