Northumbria University

International Professional Managers Association

Business Development Director at Thunes

Double hat as Country Manager. Point of contact for governance, regulatory and risk matters. Additionally, full accountability for business growth in sunny Singapore

Unlimit

Country Manager, Singapore

As one of the largest global payment powerhouse, Unlimit empower merchants and non-banking financial institutions by providing a diverse array of payment options. From facilitating bank transfers and credit card transactions to embracing local e-wallets and even offering the issuance of personalized prepaid and debit cards, redefining the possibilities in the payments landscape.

I lead Unlimit's APAC expansion initiative, working closely with PSP's, financial institutions, banks and regulators

Head of Payment Methods (APAC)

Thunes enable organizations to disburse payments to emerging markets such as South-East Asia, Africa, Latin America, and many parts of the world. As one of the world's leading payments network, we empower Banks, Financial Institutions, Payment Providers, and Money Transfer Operators to expand their coverage to not only traditional Bank Accounts, but also to Mobile Wallets, and even Cash Pick-Ups.

I lead the expansion of Thunes' coverage and payment capabilities for partners (both FI's and Non-FI's) in the SEA region, including AU & NZ

Manages top key-accounts in APAC

Thunes

Director - Business Development

Paid is a one-stop platform that connects SMEs to the right Financial Tool based on the business's specific requirements. Using advanced search algorithm, Paid recommends, consults, and assist in the end-to-end sign-up process

We believe that by helping businesses to find the right Financial Tool, it saves the company both time, and effort required to search and compare between Financial Providers

Paid.sg

Co-Founder

Airwallex is a financial technology unicorn company that is backed by top investors including Tencent, DST Global, Sequoia, MasterCard and Square Peg Capital. Born in Melbourne and headquartered in Hong Kong, Airwallex offers end to end solutions for businesses with cross-border dealings. Airwallex facilitates international money movements through a combination of global collections, foreign exchange and local payment distribution

I was part of the pioneer business development team in SG to launch and drive growth within South-East Asia

Airwallex

Business Development (Asia Pacific)

Responsibilities include managing merchant relations, marketing engagements and growth of the Small - Medium portfolio in Singapore

Taking care of strategic partnerships with external partners

Part of a strategic task force within GMS that led to the successful launch of our 2nd co-brand partnership with Capitaland

American Express

Manager, Global Merchant Services

Offering foreign exchange international payment services to businesses at competitive exchange rates in more than 110 currencies

Services include, incoming/outgoing wire payments, draft payments, forward contracts and intra-day spotting

Hedging of funds to reduce exchange losses and increase business edge

Sourcing for potential key business partners to grow while managing a set of key accounts to develop

Exceeded expectations with 147% on target in FY2013

Top 2 performer consistently in Dec 13 & Jan 14, employee of the month in Feb 14. Sales challenger winner in Jan 15 and Feb 15

Aaron Koh