Irina Chuchkina — CEO
I’m a Marketing & Growth executive, specialising in Fintech and Technology and fast-growing global projects. I pride myself on blending strategic, systemic thinking with hands-on execution, data-driven decision-making, a strong revenue focus, and brand-building expertise. Currently, I am Chief Growth Officer at Wallet in Telegram, a digital asset platform natively embedded into Telegram’s chat settings. Since 2021, Wallet in Telegram gained 100M users, and aims to make its solution available to all 1BN+ of Telegram’s users. Previously, I was CMO at Volt, the global innovator in Open Banking and Real-time Payments, CMO at Thunes, a global Payment infrastructure platform, and led Global Brand & Communications at Rapyd, a global B2B Fintech-as-a-service. Prior to that, I was in charge of Regional Partner Marketing for one of Asia's most exciting and successful B2C technology companies, Grab, where I helped to launch its regional loyalty platform, GrabRewards, as well as its mobile wallet, GrabPay. I also spent 7 years at Visa, where I helped grow Visa's Innovation Lab presence in APAC, ran Client, Innovation and Merchant Marketing in Russia, was part of the Olympic Games and World Cup mega-campaigns, and launched solutions that changed the way people pay. My areas of expertise include: • Growth and Commercial Strategy • Startups and Digital businesses • Go-to-Market Strategy • Revenue generation • B2B x B2C = B2B2C Marketing • Partnerships and Alliances • Digital Payments • Channel & Partner Marketing • Product Marketing • Super-apps
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Marketing Executive with extensive experience in growth strategies and digital payments.
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Experience: 18 yrs 8 mos
Skills
- Growth And Commercial Strategy
- Digital Payments
- Go-to-market Strategy
- Demand Generation
- B2b Marketing Strategy
- Brand Management
- Communications Strategy
- Marketing Strategy
Career Highlights
- Led Wallet in Telegram to 100M users.
- Established Thunes as a top-250 Fintech startup.
- Drove 70% revenue growth year-on-year.
Work Experience
Velocity
Advisor (4 mos)
Wallet in Telegram
Chief Growth Officer (10 mos)
Volt.io
Chief Marketing Officer (1 yr 3 mos)
Thunes
Chief Marketing Officer (2 yrs 4 mos)
Rapyd
Global Head of Brand and Communications (4 mos)
Marketing Director, APAC (2 yrs)
Singapore FinTech Association (SFA)
Member of the Executive Committee (2 yrs)
Singapore FinTech Festival
SFF Ambassador (4 yrs 3 mos)
Grab
Regional Head of Partner Marketing (2 yrs 1 mo)
Visa
Marketing & Communications Director, Innovation Center (8 mos)
Director, Partner & Innovations Marketing, Russia (2 mos)
Contactless & Partner Marketing manager (2 yrs)
Business Development manager (1 yr 1 mo)
Marketing Manager (2 yrs 1 mo)
VTB24
Cards Brand manager (1 yr 8 mos)
Russian Standard Bank
Marketing Communications Manager (1 yr 4 mos)
Personal Assistant to SVP, Marketing and Retail business (11 mos)
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) at INSEAD
Undergraduate Program in European management at NEOMA Business School
Sociology at State University of Management (SUM)