Greg Maes is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of CompoSecure and responsible for providing day-to-day leadership and management of all company manufacturing, operations, engineering, quality and maintenance. Greg will partner with the CompoSecure Senior Leadership Team in setting and driving the organizational vision, operational strategy and hiring needs for the company.
Greg brings more than 25 years of payment card experience, which will contribute to building a highly inclusive company culture, ensuring team members thrive and operational outcomes are met and surpassed. He is fluent in English, Chinese, French and German, due to spending half of his career outside of the U.S.
Most recently, he was the Global Chief Operating Officer for ABCorp, where he led the EMV and Dual interface readiness efforts and group initiatives including ERP or operational efficiencies across the organization. He also held operational management and leadership positions for IDEMIA in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) and Gemplus (Gemalto, now part of Thales) in Singapore and China. Greg was involved in Smart Card deployment in factories (SIM cards, EMV, Dual Interface or Government ID cards), technology transfers between sites, and set up of new factories and personalization centers.
Greg has a Chemistry and Physics degree from the Graduate School of Chemistry and Physics of Bordeaux, France.
