Annual Report 2020

KAREN CHAN CEO, airasia super app Australian As CEO of airasia super app, Karen Chan, female, 49, is responsible for transforming AirAsia into the fastest-growing travel tech and lifestyle platform in the region. The super app offers a frictionless and personalised experience to consumers across travel, media, e-commerce and lifestyle products, powered by a unified payment and loyalty solution. Prior to this, Karen was Group Chief Commercial Officer for the Airline overseeing commercial, digital, route management, sales and distribution initiatives. Karen has over 20 years of experience in digital and retail consulting. Prior to joining AirAsia, she was the SVP of Digital for C&J Clark APMEA and the Chief Digital Officer of Pizza Hut APAC, championing efforts in omnichannel retailing, digitalisation of brick-and-mortar stores, customer relationship management and headless e-commerce. Karen has a Bachelor of Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales, Australia. SALIM DHANANI CEO and Co-Founder, BigPay British Salim Dhanani, male, 33, is a co-Founder of BigPay, and was appointed CEO in December, 2020. Under his leadership, BigPay has continued to expand its products and services as the largest and fastest growing neobank in Asean. Prior to BigPay, Salim was responsible for the EMEA division of Carta Worldwide (now under NASDAQ:MOGO), a leading digital payments and banking platform focused on building and enhancing financial offerings for incumbent banks and new market entrants. Before this, he worked with the World Bank Group in South America focusing on economic development through asset formalisation. Salim has built his career in financial services, focusing on digital banking and payment technology for a diverse range of companies including established banking players such as Westpac, Tesco Bank and Société Générale, as well as fintechs such as TransferWise, Ferratum Bank and PayPal. He has been part of working groups and advisory panels for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), Mobey Forum and the Emerging Payment Association (EPA). Salim holds a degree in Economics from the University of Toronto, Canada. PETE CHAREONWONGSAK CEO, Teleport Thai Pete Chareonwongsak, male, 33, is CEO of Teleport, airasia digital's technology-enabled logistics venture that is enabling delivery anywhere in Asean in under 24 hours. From 2012 to 2016, Pete was AirAsia Group Head of Business Development, based in Jakarta and later in Kuala Lumpur. During that time, he worked to set up airlines in India with Tata Group and in Japan with Rakuten Inc, as well as joint ventures in Training, Ground Handling and Leasing. He also handled mergers & acquisitions (M&A) covering Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and India. In August 2016, he was appointed AirAsia’s Regional Chief Operating Officer, where he led the successful turnaround of AirAsia Philippines. Prior to AirAsia, Pete worked as an Investment Banking Analyst with CIMB, and as the official advisor to the Thailand Trade Representative Office, where he was tasked with promoting inbound and outbound international trade and investment, with specialist focus on cross-border Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) through M&A, joint ventures and project finance. Pete holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge where he was a Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholar. He also holds a Master’s (ALM) in Finance from Harvard University. He is a 40 under 40 Honoree from ZICO ASEAN, which recognises outstanding individuals addressing regional trends or challenges through their work. He is a Board member of Teleport, Freightchain Technologies, AirAsia India and EasyParcel, a regional e-commerce and parcel delivery start-up. DIGITALCEOs 47 ANNUAL REPORT 2020