May 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 11 mos · Singapore

• Tazapay is a global cross-border payment platform that enables businesses to seamlessly transact across fiat and stablecoins. With a robust Pay-in and Pay-out network spanning multiple geographies, Tazapay offers unparalleled flexibility in payment methods, including named virtual accounts, alternative payment methods (APMs), and stablecoins.
• Licensed/ registered in Singapore, Canada , US , EU , Australia and India . Tazapay provides a fully compliant and transparent payment infrastructure that allows businesses to offer fiat and stablecoin-based transactions to their underlying clients. Its platform ensures effortless onboarding of merchants while also supporting white-label solutions, empowering businesses to scale their global payments without operational complexity.
• With Tazapay, enterprises can bridge the gap between traditional finance and digital assets, ensuring interoperability, compliance, and seamless cross-border transactions at scale.
• We are backed by Sequoia , Circle Ventures, Ripple , PayPal, GMO Ventures and other major investors

Mar 2019 – May 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · Singapore

• P&L responsibility for Stripe’s business in APAC- (JP,AU,CN,HK,SEA,IN)
• Directly lead the sales and account management teams
• Oversight on regulatory matters for the APAC business
• Setting up of the long term and mid-term strategic plan for APAC

Sep 2018 – Mar 2019 · 6 mos

• International markets include all markets globally except US , CA, UK , DE & AU)
• Responsible for the small and medium business (SMB) across International markets and lead the SMB teams spread across key markets like CN, JP, IN, FR, IT , ES , SEA , LATAM.
• Responsible for new acquisition targets using channel partners , telesales & digital channels
• Responsible for developing and rolling out programs which impact the portfolio comprising millions of merchants at scale using levers like policy , new product , pricing , risk and marketing

Mar 2014 – Sep 2018 · 4 yrs 6 mos

• P&L responsibility for PayPal's business in SEA
• Setting of the long term and mid-term strategic plan for the SEA business
• Oversight on regulatory and compliance related issues for the SEA business

Mar 2013 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr

• • As acting head of Merchant services, I led all aspects of PayPal’s merchant business (off eBay) including sales, strategy and operations and responsible for the P&L for the Merchant Services business

Aug 2009 – Feb 2013 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• Business & Product leader for Mobile Commerce and Mobile Payments in APAC.
• Led the launch of PayPal Here (PayPal’s smartphone based card acceptance solution) in APAC.
• Defining overall mobile strategy for APAC and P&L responsibility for the mobile business and lead of team of mobile business and product managers in key markets.
• Responsible for achieving payment volume targets from mobile commerce and mobile payments. Key levers being: merchant acquisition, channel partners, developer outreach, marketing, product leadership and strategic deals.
• Navigating the complex regulatory environment for mobile payments

Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 · 2 yrs

• NETS is the largest payment service provider in Singapore and is the payment switch for the 3 local banks (UOB, DBS and OCBC). NETS is the largest merchant acquirer in Singapore and provides payment services for all segments of consumers. Key products include debit cads, stored value cards and Internet payments.
• I was the Business head for payment services on the Mobile and Internet channel.
• A major part of this role was to set up a mobile payment solution, which included creating a Card Not Present offering for the NETS swipe and PIN debit card

Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 · 2 yrs

• Managing existing customers and creating new business in SEA
• Responsible for group level relationships with Telkom Malaysia and Singtel
• Establishing a presence in new markets for SmartTrust through partners (e.g. Indo-China, Australia)
• Lead and manage a team of Sales, Presales and Solution Architects for SEA
• Responsible for implementing and monitoring sales processes , customer satisfaction and SLA fulfillment

Jan 2001 – Jan 2005 · 4 yrs

• Architecting the overall customer solution and leading the technical sales process
• Defining the customer use cases and its technical realization
• Providing Solution specification, pricing, workload and scheduling information into the sales process.

Jan 1999 – Jan 2001 · 2 yrs

• Product and Program Management of 3 key e-commerce products
• A B2C e-commerce portal
• Enterprise Certification Authority
• Payment Gateway