VP,Business Development APAC,Payvision

Jin-Kit currently heads up business development for Payvision in Asia Pacific. His deep understanding of the Payments business and technologies was gained through professional career in various parts of the Payments’ value chain over the past 20 years with key industry players, including Visa, MasterCard, VeriFone, Merchant Solutions – JV of Standard Chartered Bank & First Data --, GlobalPayments Asia-Pacific – JV of HSBC & GlobalPayments Inc. --, and National Computer Board of Singapore. Over the period, he worked as group Managing Director, Country GM, Regional Sales & Marketing Director, regional program director, technical manager and Engineer.

In the past 6 years, he led 2 Payments companies in Asia through successful turnaround in business, reputation, regulatory risk, and shareholder relations. He also served as an advisor in the Visa Client Council (Acceptance) for AP & CEMEA in 2012-2013, and has been sought by institutions to advice on investment, product innovation, business strategy, as well as rules and regulations specific to the Payments industry in the region.

Jin-Kit is effectively bilingual in Chinese and English. He is currently based in Singapore but lived 5 of the last 10 years in Taiwan and Hong Kong for businesses in the Greater China region. His academic qualifications include Master in Organizational Psychology from City University of New York, and Bachelor of Computer Science (Honors) from University of Manitoba, Canada.