PETE CHAREONWONGSAK Chief Executive Officer, Teleport Nationality: Thai Pete Chareonwongsak, male, 34, is CEO of Teleport, the technology-enabled logistics venture that is committed to enabling delivery anywhere in Asean in under 24 hours. From 2012 to 2016, Pete was AirAsia’s 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) for the Group 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 Capital A, 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 internat ional trade and investment, with specialist focus on crossborder foreign direct investment 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 startup. SALIM DHANANI Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, BigPay Nationality: British Salim Dhanani, male, 34, is the CEO and co- founder of BigPay . Under hi s 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). He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Toronto, Canada. AIREEN OMAR President (Ventures) and Chief Executive Officer, RedBeat Capital Nationality: Malaysian Aireen is part of Capital A’s Senior Management. For more information on her profile, please refer to page 43. None of the CEOs has any relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of Capital A, nor any conflict of interest with the Group of companies. None has been convicted for any offence within the past five years, other than traffic offences, if any, nor had any public sanctions or penalty imposed by any regulatory body during the financial year. O U R L E A D E R S H I P A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 2 1 0 4 9
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