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Orbian Acquires Roger: Global SCF Giant Chairman on Buying Czech Fintech & Working Capital's Future

2. 6. 2026 · 37 min

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One of the world's largest supply chain finance platforms chose Brno. Why?

Thomas Dunn, Chairman of Orbian — a global SCF platform serving Fortune 500 clients across more than 50 countries — spent six years watching Czech fintech company Roger before deciding to act. In this podcast he tells us what finally convinced him, why he picked a Czech company over competitors from Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, and what made Roger the right platform to build on.We talk about how Roger built a dominant position in receivables finance, why Orbian chose the Czech Republic as its springboard into Central Europe, and what a global platform can actually learn from a lean, fast-moving Brno fintech.

Tom also shares the story behind his career at J.P. Morgan across London, Melbourne, Sydney and Tokyo, how he inherited a heavily loss-making business and turned it into a platform providing over 25 billion USD in financing annually, and what decisions actually made the difference.

Topics covered:

Why Orbian monitored Roger for six years before pulling the trigger

Why Czechia, and not Poland, Slovakia or Hungary

What surprised Tom about doing business in the Czech Republic vs. the UK

Cultural vs. regulatory gaps in alternative finance adoption

How to integrate a Czech company without breaking what made it work

What Roger's team can now do with Orbian's global client relationships

The future of SCF in Central Europe: what success looks like in 3–5 years

Guest: Thomas Dunn, Chairman, Orbian (https://orbian.com/)

Podcast partners:

https://www.roger.cz/

https://www.pse.cz/

https://pwc.cz/

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