Varun Bhandarkar — CEO
I specialise in building and scaling high-performing teams that drive revenue. With 8+ years in leadership roles, I have over a decade of experience in revenue growth across sales, customer success, and channel partnerships in APAC. Currently, I lead sales for Asia Startups and Southeast Asia Commercial at Stripe, partnering with founders and businesses across the region to accelerate their growth. Previously, I transformed Stripe's Grower Sales team for our Mid-market, Startups, SMB and Scaled segments across AUNZ, SEA, India & Japan from a team of 3 focussed on repricing to a team of 15 managing hundreds of millions in revenue, growing it consistently at 30+% YoY. Before Stripe, I was a founding member of HubSpot's JAPAC team, where I played a pivotal role in building and scaling one of HubSpot's fastest-growing regions globally. During my six-year tenure, I helped establish the Partner Programme and Customer Success organisation, while also helping launch the Sales and Service Hubs. As a leader, I am strategic, customer-centric and results-driven. I take pride in fostering a culture of excellence, inclusion, and authenticity, where teams feel empowered to bring their best selves to work. My leadership philosophy is grounded in empathy, integrity, transparency, and optimism. Outside of work, you'll find me spending time with my wife and son, staying active, travelling, and discovering new food experiences.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2B SaaS sales leader with extensive experience in customer success and revenue growth.
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Experience: 13 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Go-to-market Strategy
- Leadership
- Sales
- Forecasting
- Strategic Thinking
- Customer Success
- Channel Management
- Customer Retention
- Account Management
- Client Success
Career Highlights
- Led Stripe's sales growth across APAC.
- Transformed HubSpot's Customer Success team.
- Achieved 33% revenue growth YoY at Stripe.
Work Experience
Stripe
Head of Asia Startups and SEA Mid-Market & SMB (4 mos)
Head of Grower Sales, APAC | Mid-Market, Startups, SMB & Scaled (9 mos)
Head of Existing Business APAC | Startup, SMB & Mid-Market (1 yr 3 mos)
Head of Existing Business APAC | Startup & SMB (2 yrs 3 mos)
HubSpot
Manager, Customer Success - Australia & New Zealand (2 yrs 9 mos)
Principal Channel Consultant - ANZ (1 yr)
L2 Channel Consultant - ANZ (11 mos)
Channel Consultant - ANZ (1 yr 3 mos)
Meltwater
Manager - Client Success (10 mos)
Senior Client Success Representative (8 mos)
Client Growth Representative (4 mos)
Sydney Opera House
Intern - Digital Marketing (4 mos)
Converga Pty Ltd
Team Lead (1 yr 11 mos)
The Fuller Life
Executive - Client Management (11 mos)
Saatchi & Saatchi
Assistant Account Executive - Client Services (7 mos)
Education
Master of Business at University of Technology Sydney
Master of International Business at Macquarie University
Bachelor of Business Management at SDM College of Business Management
High School at Indian School Muscat