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FirstPartner is a specialist management consulting and research company that brings deep market expertise and clear recommendations to its clients. We deliver the insight, expertise and support that product, marketing, sales and management teams require to:

• Validate market opportunities
• Launch compelling digital products & services
• Build engagement with customers & stakeholders

Founded in 2002, we are based in the UK, but serve clients and undertake consulting and research engagements across Europe, North America, MENA and Asia Pacific.

We have a focused transport and transit ticketing practice led by Tim Jefferson, that provides consultancy services to transit agencies, card payment schemes. merchant acquirers, banks and technology vendors. We are subject matter experts in cEMV open payments, mobile ticketing, account based ticketing (ABT) and pre-paid cards.

We have unique current experience of defining and delivering cEMV open payments ABT solutions in Europe, MENA and North America.

If you would like to meet up at Transport Ticketing Global 2026, please contact Tim Jefferson at tjefferson@firstpartner.net.