A laser-focused, team-based approach is key for Pankaj Verma, Chief Technical Officer at online business account provider Statrys. The skills he honed as school cricket captain in the Indian state of Bihar have served him well in his career. His work has taken him to Mumbai, Pune, Dunstable, Sheffield, Shenzhen, and now Hong Kong. On […]
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Marcus Kern – Duesday
It’s not often you hear the words “ice cream” and “direct debit” in the same sentence. While one conjures up images of idyllic summer holidays, the other brings back memories of filling out direct debit authorisation forms to pay bills automatically from a bank account, then scrambling to cover payments via other methods while waiting […]
Herston Powers – tryb
Herston Elton Powers was stuck in a Jakarta traffic jam. As he gazed out through the car window at a sea of e-commerce billboards and professionals hailing scooter rides, he was reminded of China and India a few years earlier. It was at this moment that he realised “The new economy in Southeast Asia is […]
Maliha Khan – Head of Wealth Management, UBL
When Maliha Khan submitted her MBA thesis back in 2003, little did she know that her prediction about the spread of mobile technologies would prove so prescient. Now, as Head of Wealth Management at United Bank Limited (UBL), she is harnessing the rapid adoption of mobile that she foresaw during her time at Durham University. […]
Reza Shirazi – AffiniPay and Austin Voice of Product
Running Austin Voice Of Product, co-organising one of Austin’s largest product meetups, speaking at events, and mentoring startups sounds like quite a commitment on top of a day job. But AffiniPay Senior Product Manager Reza Shirazi is fuelled by passion for his craft and exceptional energy; energy that propelled him to represent India at the […]