Meet the A-Team of Contingent Workforce
The people who helped shape this industry are now helping it grow at Papaya Global.
Anita Milašinović
Head of Contingent Workforce Compliance & Practices
Bryan Peña
CEO & Founder, Defiant Solutions Expert Consultant at Papaya Global
Bruce Morton
Founder – Bruce Morton Consulting
Adam Craighill
Global SVP Revenue, Payments and Contingent Workforce Expert
Trusted by global leaders to run global payments in 160+ countries.
When the industry’s leaders sit on your side of the table, contingent work becomes your edge.
Anita Milašinović
Head of Contingent Workforce Compliance & Practices
Anita has worn many hats in global work environments; bringing teams, systems, and policies into alignment across borders, cultures, and legal frameworks.
At Papaya, she’s ready to roll up her sleeves: to hear what keeps you up at night, share what’s worked (and hasn’t), and build smarter bridges in contingent work together.
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Bryan Peña
CEO & Founder, Defiant Solutions Expert Consultant at Papaya Global
Bryan has been shaping the world of contingent and open talent work for decades, on the “practitioner side,” in research, and now advising.
He helped create the CCWP credential, worked deep in sourcing programs at companies and with Staffing Industry Analysts, and now runs Defiant Solutions, helping platforms and enterprises find their footing in a changing workforce.
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Bruce Morton
Founder – Bruce Morton Consulting
Bruce has been in the workforce space for decades – building, rethinking, and pushing it forward. He’s worked all over the world helping connect how work gets done with who does it, especially in complex global settings.
These days he’s digging into what’s next: how AI, shifting demographics, and new workforce models are changing everything.
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Adam Craighill
Global SVP Revenue, Payments and Contingent Workforce Expert
Adam has worked across global teams long enough to know the challenges are practical, like how to pay people fairly, keep track of changing rules, and make sure contractors feel part of the team.
At Papaya, he’s focused on sharing what he’s learned and listening to what companies are dealing with right now, so they can find workable answers together.
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Why the best chose to lead at Papaya
This team could have been anywhere. They chose Papaya.
Why? It’s the only platform built to connect every piece of contingent workforce management, from onboarding to payments to compliance, in one place.
Now they’re here to talk with you about your workforce challenges.
Together, we can shape the future of contingent workforce and every business from SMB to enterprise, along with the contractors who power them.
One meeting can change how you see the future.
Papaya Global’s payment services are offered through Azimo, Papaya’s licensed payments arm. Azimo is a payment services provider regulated in five Tier-1 jurisdictions. These licenses allow Papaya, together with its partners, to provide workforce payments worldwide. For further information on Azimo’s licences worldwide, check our licensing page.
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