Scott DeHaven, Principal, has 10 years of experience assisting payments market participants to navigate the complexities of the payments industry. He has led and supported more than 90 engagements for acquirers, networks, financial institutions, fintechs, financial investors, merchants, and a variety of other payments stakeholders in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Scott's experiences include supporting payments players with strategic decisions, performance benchmarking, M&A activities, strategic partnership formations, and market research.

Scott’s recent project work includes supporting several buy side and sell side efforts, performing competitive positioning evaluations, analyzing product sets and product roadmaps, assessing compliance capabilities, conducting performance benchmarking, reviewing key relationship contracts, and evaluating operational capabilities. He also recently supported a major financial institution with identifying, analyzing, selecting, and implementing a new payments acceptance strategy.

Prior to joining Flagship Advisory Partners, Scott was a Senior Manager with Accenture where he helped lead the North American Payments Acceptance Strategy practice. Scott joined Accenture through Accenture’s acquisition of First Annapolis Consulting. Before working at First Annapolis Consulting, Scott was a financial advisor to ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

Scott holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Georgetown University‘s McDonough School of Business and a Bachelor’s in Finance from Villanova University.