John Tait

CEO

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia28 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 20 years of experience in finance and fintech.
Expert in developing growth strategies and operational excellence.
Proven leadership in diverse markets across Asia Pacific.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech executive with extensive experience in payments and financial technology.

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AcquiringB2BBankingBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness Relationship ManagementBusiness StrategyBusiness-to-Business (B2B)CardsCredit CardsDebit CardsElectronic PaymentsFinancial Services

About

John is a commercially focussed CEO / Managing Director and holds more than 20 years experience in the finance industry with a bias on payments, saas and financial technology services. John has deep expertise in developing and executing growth strategies that create shareholder value, delivering operational excellence to build customer satisfaction and he holds a passion for leadership and people talent development. John is an innovative and determined business leader, with the flexibility to meet the challenges faced across a broad range of markets, where his experience includes a number of industry firsts across Australia, New Zealand and Asia. John has a diverse range of experience across a range of sectors and has grown his career in the areas of business growth, product development, customer service, mergers and acquisitions, and strategy in the following sectors: - Financial Services - Payments Services - Retail - Government - Fintech (Software, SaaS, Outsource) - Professional Services (Programme and Project) - Private Equity and Public Market capital structure

Experience

Transaction network services

5 roles

Global Managing Director, Payments Market

Promoted

May 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

General Manager, Payment Services Business, Asia Pacific

Promoted

Jun 2019 – May 2020 · 11 mos

Advisory Board Member

Sep 2018 – Jun 2019 · 9 mos

Managing Director, Fintech Solutions, APAC

Mar 2018 – Sep 2018 · 6 mos

Managing Director - Asia Pacific, Payment Services

Sep 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is a leading global provider of data communications and interoperability solutions. Our global network and innovative value-added services enable transactions and the exchange of information to many of the world’s leading retailers, banks, payment processors, financial institutions and telecommunication firms. Founded in 1990 in the United States, TNS has grown steadily and now provides services to customers in over 60 countries across the Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, with our reach extending to many more. TNS has designed and implemented a global data network which supports a variety of widely accepted communications protocols and is designed to be scalable and accessible by multiple methods. Our industry specialties include:
Telecommunications, Financial Markets, Payments, Point of Sale (POS), Information Technology and Services, Connectivity

Think procurement

Managing Director

Sep 2018 – Mar 2019 · 6 mos · Sydney, Australia

Indue

Executive Director - Sales and Service

Feb 2015 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos · Chatswood

As Executive Director of Sales and Service, I was responsible for the management and growth of all Indue business lines as well as leading the customer service aspects of the business, The role had a focus on customer satisfaction and growing the business units top and bottom lines and aligning the investment profile with emerging market trends.

First data corporation

4 roles

Managing Director - First Data Australia and New Zealand

Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 · 4 yrs · North Sydney, Australia

As Managing Director of First Data's Australia and New Zealand operations, I was responsible for the management and growth of the company's investments in the region. The role held full profit and loss responsibility and I was charged with driving increases to customer satisfaction, growing the business units top and bottom lines and building leadership and autonomy across a team of 550 colleagues. I was also responsible for ensuring First Data's three distinct brands were positioned as leaders in the market.

Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing

Promoted

Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 · 3 yrs

As part of the Executive Committee of First Data - Australia and New Zealand, the role held accountability for and led the relationship management, wholesale and retail sales, back office operations, call centres, marketing, business support and communications functions, providing direction and leadership to 300 staff under 4 brands to exceed customer and staff satisfaction, and profitability objectives.

Vice President - Strategic Business Development

Promoted

Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 · 3 yrs

The role was responsible for supporting & leading First Data's inorganic and organic growth objectives in the Asia Pacific region. This included:
Acquiring the merchant acquiring business of Bank of Western Australia Limited and establishing a standalone subsidiary known as BWA Merchant Services
Acquired and established a joint venture merchant banking business with Standard Chartered Bank across 11 Asian markets which delivered high growth payments vertical of merchant acquisition.

National Sales Executive

Jan 2001 – Jan 2004 · 3 yrs

The role was responsible for leading the growth and relationship management endeavours of First Data across its portfolio in the financial service, retail and government space. The role was centred on growing the businesses revenue streams with Australia's largest Financial Institutions and Retailers.

National australia bank

Sales Support Manager / Business Payments Manager and various others

Jan 1996 – Jan 2001 · 5 yrs · Sydney, Australia

I undertook a plethora of roles at the National Australia Bank over my journey of 6 years, including leading day 2 cheque operation and settlement teams, leading eftpos tele sales teams and running sales support for the business unit across New South Wales and Queensland in the global payments division.