Frank Martien joined First Annapolis in 1996 and leads the firm’s commercial payments practice area where he focuses on corporate cards, purchasing cards, virtual cards, small business cards, fleet cards, and private label commercial accounts. Frank is also active in the firm’s card issuing practice. His engagement experience includes a wide spectrum of strategy, market sizing, growth opportunity assessment, primary and secondary market research, financial analysis, RFP / vendor selection, valuation, expert appraisal, and M&A-related assignments.
Frank’s clients include banks, payment networks, end-user organizations, and retailers. Through client assignments, speeches at major industry events, published articles and quotes, and as an Advisory Board Member of Commercial Payments International, Frank is a recognized industry expert.
Frank’s prior work experience includes positions at 5Star Bank, Capital One, Citibank, and Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated. Frank received his M.B.A. from the Darden School at the University of Virginia where he received the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence for graduating in the top-10% of his class and his undergraduate degree from Washington & Lee University with Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude honors.
