Anish is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at WadzPay. With the vast experience and in-depth knowledge that Anish holds in the payments industry, WadzPay was conceptualised. He has made full use of his knowledge and combined it with the power of blockchain to deliver a truly unique solution that is set to change the face of digital payments for generations to come.
The hub and spoke architecture will reduce multiple payment layers making it efficient, scalable and sustainable.
An incisive leader with over 15 years of experience in payments, he is leading WadzPay and his team through the next payments revolution.

Experience:
Vice President- Market Development at Mastercard International
Managed Asia, Australia, Middle East & Africa. In this role, he led and executed several successful payments projects across the region with Governments, Telcos, Airlines, etc.
Client General Manager for Asia at American Express International
Led the Business Travel and Traveller Cheque business across Asia where he worked very closely with regulators and banks in successfully launching American Express open-loop programs across Asia.

Education:
Masters in Business Administration and Finance
Bachelors in Arts

Ram is the Board Member & Group Director at WadzPay. The infrastructure WadzPay is developing has application and relevance in the Middle East and Africa context. With that in mind, Ram will be mentoring the Middle East and Africa expansion for the company and providing strategic vision and insights at the board level.

Ram is a self-made entrepreneur with a hands-on strategic  value-add approach; his credentials include building and scaling Fintech payments companies. With multi-sector and regional experience with deep Principal-to-Principal engagement internationally, in 2010, he successfully delivered the first Billion Dollar Payments Unicorn in the Middle East.

Ram has over 30 years of diverse experience in Payments, Software Products and Technology with hands-on operating functional roles. He is experienced in operating business in markets – Australia, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Turkey, Taiwan, UAE, USA, and regional exposure to North America, Europe, Middle East Africa and APJ.

He has well-rounded exposure to diverse business sectors as varied as Logistics, Banking, Travel, Financial Services, BPO’s and Software Technology. Over the last ten years, he has developed deep working relationships with regional and global PE Investors in operating and identifying M&A investments and helping Founders/Investors raise Capital for In/Divestment.

This entrepreneur has driven shareholder value creation through Constituency Focus and Board positions delivering on strategic imperatives, robust governance for value maximization, diligently engaged the Founders and Institutional Shareholders to raise funding with the VC, PE Funds and Strategic Investors.

Experience:
Chief Operating Office – Magnati LLC (Current) – 1 Year
President and COO – Financial Software and Systems (FSS) – 3 Years
CEO – MasterCard Payment Technologies – 5 Years
CEO – Network International – 11 Years
Director- American Express – 6 Years

Current Board/Advisory Positions:

WadzPay (Singapore)

YAP Holding (UAE)

M2P Solutions (UAE)

Ayekart LLC (India)

Nym Card (UAE)

Artha Payments (Nigeria and UAE)

Education:
Double Master’s in Management from India and UK

Steve is the Director and Group Head of Compliance and Risk at WadzPay. He is a risk and compliance specialist with experience running major Profit & Loss responsibilities, too.
By monitoring the rapidly evolving external regulatory and risk landscape, Steve helps WadzPay to navigate growth in a way that makes sure we stay trusted and safe for our customers, our business partners and ourselves.

Experience:
Head of Risk, Cathay Pacific Airways Hong Kong
Head of Risk, Genting Singapore
MD Schindler Lifts Singapore
Founder, CEO and director of multiple startups and business ventures, many of them regulated based from Singapore and across the world. Experience in over 100 countries.

Education:
Masters in Science (Project Management) with a dissertation in risk

Simon is the Director and Group Head of Technology at WadzPay. Simon has been in the technology arena for 30+ years in many industries, half of those in capital markets and banking and most recently with global enterprise vendors and cloud hyperscalers.
Simon’s aim is to apply this principle “Taking the complex, making it simple, making it work” and unite this with his experiences with names like Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Standard Chartered and employ his deep understanding of technology to architect and develop a platform to deliver a truly unique solution that’ll change the face of digital payments. Applying all of the energy and knowledge of the WadzPay team we will have an efficient, scalable and sustainable solution for all.
Simon has held many senior positions in technology teams through multiple industry leaders covering global roles and delivered key platforms to transform businesses.

Experience:
Senior Solutions Principle/Director in the Global Black Belt Team in Microsoft
Across Asia, the focus of the role is to drive and develop strategic engagements with key customers to address their digital transformations.
Senior Director in the SAP COE for APJ
The COE role supports the biggest and most complex deals across APJ and I led those for key industries Telco and Banking/Insurance.

Education:
London Metropolitan University
Musical Instrument Technology (Electronics)

Kenneth is the Director & Senior Vice President – Investor Relations and Special Projects for WadzPay where he leads fundraising, managing investors and regulators, business development, investments and M&A. He has the necessary networks and experience with investors and corporates to help the organization with evaluating strategic investments, managing its capital raising requirements as well as gain entry and build markets. His mission is to realize WadzPay’s revolution, growth and development into a global leader in the digital assets payments space.

Experience:
Over 15 years in Origination and Client Coverage roles with various Corporate and Investment banks such as Citi, HSBC, Standard Chartered and SMBC working across Capital Markets, M&A and Structured and Project Financing transactions with coverage across Asia Pacific.
Was formerly Head of Corporate Finance for a USD1billion listed company in Hong Kong in the Energy and Resources Space where he was responsible for capital raising, M&A and investments.

Education:
BSc Business (Hons) from University of London

Bobby is now a Senior Vice President – Market Development for WadzPay Middle East. His main role is to elevate WadzPay as a key player in digital currency payments & develop effective marketing strategies in Middle East. Bobby is a senior Digital, Financial Services and Payments professional with over 25 years’ experience across multinational and regional organizations. He has mentored numerous FinTech’s in the MENA region and is also an Agile Certified. He also has extensive recent experience in digital transformation, product innovation and in engaging Fintech to transform legacy networks and processes.

Indra is the Vice President of Operation and Customer Service at WadzPay. Indra is a professional focusing on contact center and general operation. He has worked on several multinational companies and works just as effectively on both independent and collaborative projects.
His wealth of experiences, especially in the field of service and operation, will help build outstanding services at WadzPay. He will also build an effective and efficient operation.

Experience:
Head of Business at Shingpak Services LED Sales and Operations Team leader, handling clients from China and SEA.
Operation Manager at Via.com Indonesia
Led the customer service, ticketing and general operation of the business.

Education:
Bachelors in Sociology

Francisca is the Vice President of Public Relations and Communication. As an award-winner PR expert, Francisca’s role will be to effectively communicate its vision and mission to stakeholders and the role Wadzpay intends to play in the increasingly innovative fintech and payment sectors.

Experience:
Client Success Manager, ONE Championship and ONE Esports
Managed several esports tournaments online and offline (one of them is ONE Esports MPLI, which hit 30 million views across the globe)

Indonesia Market Lead, Precious Communications
In this role, Francisca has led several announcements of multi-million dollar funding rounds, consulted media strategy in Indonesia for reputable Venture Capital as Sequoia Capital (Surge), Accelerating Asia, and Validus

Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies (Public Relations)

Stas is the Vice President of Blockchain Marketing at WadzPay. Upon joining the company, he laid the foundation for what has transformed the WadzPay brand into a powerhouse that ttouches the hearts of millions of people worldwide. He has moved into a unique, specialized role focusing on Blockchain Marketing. Stas advises the team and external partners on breakthrough Blockchain trends and unique marketing techniques that can be utilized to find solutions to accelerate digital currency adoption. For more than 13 years career in marketing across B2C, B2B, and technology enables him to create high-ROI strategies and executions, which has elevated the WadzPay brand to industry-leading levels and received global news coverage.

Experience:
Regional Brand Manager at P&G
Launched a new premium hair care brand to the world while also managing P&L responsibility for a half-billion-dollar business.
Marketing Advisor at Vuulr
Advised on digital currency marketing at the ICO stage.

Education:
Bachelors in Commerce (Liberal Studies)

Renda is the Vice President of Consumer Marketing. She gained her expertise from over ten years of experience across various industries such as FMCG, Lifestyle, Fashion & Beauty, & Tech. Added with a natural proclivity for empathy, her strength lies in her ability in amassing deep insight on consumer behaviour – using that as the foundation to develop effective marketing strategy. Her main role is to bring WadzPay for everyone as the key player on digital currency payment in South East Asia & beyond.

Experience:
Insider (Growth Management Platform) & CleverTap (User retention mobile app) – SaaS both backed by Sequoia as Marketing Manager Indonesia & APAC region.
Samsung Indonesia, Product presenter assistant manager for Samsung corporate’s solutions.
Kanmo Retail – handling marketing aspects for fashion retail (Coach & TM. Lewin)

Education:
Master of International Business
Bachelor of Communications (Double Majors; Public Relations & Advertising)

Pooja is the Financial Controller at WadzPay. She is an organised and motivated professional with over 15 years of extensive experience in Accounting and Consumer Relations. She comes from the Airline Industry, focusing on managing passenger reservations and effectively handling an assortment of booking issues, successfully. She focused on decreasing customer complaints by analysing complaint patterns and developing new, specialised customer training module. She was also engaged in providing Financial consultancy for Indian Family Businesses. She excels in communication, mentoring, customer relations and analytical skills. She believes in driving accountability for organic growth and translating strategy into business objectives with clear delegation.

Experience:
Manager at Delhi Express Travels and ticketing agent for Thai Airways supervising successful reservation of Airline tickets and calculation of fares.
Assistant Manager at Jet Air Private Limited – managing entire ticket booking process for Air Seychelles.

Education:
Master of International Business
Bachelor in Commerce and Accounting