Experience

Verrency

• Australia
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO & Managing Director

  • Oct 2021 - 2 years 3 months

  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Chief Commercial Officer

  • Jun 2019 - Oct 2021

  Sydney, Australia Verrency enables rapid innovation at scale for issuing banks, payment processors and payment schemes globally. Verrency is the #1 fastest growing Australian technology company in the Deloitte Fast 500 Technology index with 2,752% (!) growth (https://bit.ly/3a8Fw2X) and is shortlisted for 3 prestigious “Finnie’s Awards” in the categories “Fintech Organisation of the Year”, “Excellence in Establishing Global Market Presence” and “Excellence in Payments”. www.verrency.com



Tapp Group

• Australia
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Director (Independent)

  • May 2019 - 4 years 8 months

  Sydney, Australia Independent Non Executive Director on the board of this fintech financial inclusion business that's on a mission to lift millions out of poverty into the mainstream financial services ecosystem.



Cred

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director and Head of Australia & New Zealand

  • Jul 2018 - Jun 2019

  Sydney, Australia Launched Cred in Australia & New Zealand. Led operations and established key distribution partnerships. Cred ran out of working capital in 2019 and the Australian entity was closed down. Cred (formerly known as Libra Credit) was established in 2018 with a mission to tokenise various asset classes (amongst others crypto-currencies) and provide secured lending / credit against these assets in a compliant manner, on a global scale, on the Ethereum decentralised blockchain.



Virgin Australia

• Australia
• Airlines and Aviation
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Manager Commercial (Velocity)

  • May 2015 - Jun 2018

  Sydney, Australia Drove 185% revenue growth in 1st year (+ 90% in year 2) at 40% ebitda margin. Rebuilt a team of sales and portfolio managers. Joined Velocity following the private equity investment by Affinity Equity Partners in 2015. Responsible for driving top-line revenue growth and shaping the future of this private equity owned Virgin Australia business. Successfully (re) negotiated contracts worth several hundreds of millions of dollars annually and running a high growth portfolio (30%+… Show more Drove 185% revenue growth in 1st year (+ 90% in year 2) at 40% ebitda margin. Rebuilt a team of sales and portfolio managers. Joined Velocity following the private equity investment by Affinity Equity Partners in 2015. Responsible for driving top-line revenue growth and shaping the future of this private equity owned Virgin Australia business. Successfully (re) negotiated contracts worth several hundreds of millions of dollars annually and running a high growth portfolio (30%+ CAGR) of financial services partnerships. Conceived, negotiated and successfully launched landmark partnership deals with blue-chip partners including the ground breaking and innovative partnership with Coles / flybuys, Holden, Samsung and Bupa. Show less



JJ van Son Consultancy

• Owner Principal

  • Sep 2014 - Apr 2015

  Singapore Independent adviser with a focus on providing strategic consultancy and operational support to advanced start-ups in financial services in Asia Pacific.Typical projects involve the development of business strategies, product launches, marketing strategies and business development / contract (re) negotiation. Strong focus on empowering consumers and economic empowerment of under-priviliged / under-banked segments in society. Based in Singapore.



PayPal

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Financial Innovation Asia Pacific

  • Dec 2012 - Sep 2014

  Singapore Originated 3 large regional distribution deals and introduced mobile-first omni-channel commerce use case in Singapore. Responsible for delivery of PayPal's Financial Innovation strategy in Asia Pacific; re-defining commerce in the region. Responsible for launching omni-channel commerce in Singapore and developing business-to-business-to-consumer commercial partnerships in the Asia Pacific region. Based in Singapore.



Mastercard

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of (country CEO) Hong Kong & Macau

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2012

  Hong Kong Drove 20%+ year over year revenue growth, turned an underperforming non-engaged team into a global top performing highly engaged professional unit. Responsible for all aspects of the MasterCard business in Hong Kong and Macau, a global top-15 strategic market for MasterCard Worldwide. Role includes Asia Pacific key account responsibility across 16 markets. Achieved net revenue growth of +20% YOY and on boarded a number of non-bank new clients. Based in Hong Kong.



JJ van Son Consultancy

• Owner Principal

  • Mar 2009 - Aug 2010

  Sydney, Australia Independent Advisor with a focus on providing strategic consultancy to Financial Services Institutions and Payment Schemes on topics including Business Strategy, Marketing Strategy & Campaign Execution, Product Launches, Contract (re) negotiation and Business Development. Clients include major Airlines, Banks and Payment schemes. Based in Sydney.



Westpac

• Australia
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Manager Consumer Finance

  • 2007 - Jan 2009

  Sydney, Australia Drove 13% revenue CAGR, launched multiple new payment products, developed numerous new partnerships. General management of Westpac Banking Corporation Consumer Finance division with assets of AU$9.6 billion; Credit Cards and Personal Loans portfolio of several million consumer and business accounts and P&L > AU$800 million; Long term profitable business growth (6 year CAGR 12.8%); Direct reports 43 FTE in matrix organisation >800 FTE. Westpac is a top 10 listed ASX… Show more Drove 13% revenue CAGR, launched multiple new payment products, developed numerous new partnerships. General management of Westpac Banking Corporation Consumer Finance division with assets of AU$9.6 billion; Credit Cards and Personal Loans portfolio of several million consumer and business accounts and P&L > AU$800 million; Long term profitable business growth (6 year CAGR 12.8%); Direct reports 43 FTE in matrix organisation >800 FTE. Westpac is a top 10 listed ASX company, 2008 Market Cap >AU$75 billion with 28,000 employees. Based in Sydney. Show less



Westpac

• Australia
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Business Development

  • 2003 - 2006

  Sydney Area, Australia Originated and launched multiple corporate partnerships, re-architected loyalty programs (generating tens of millions in cost savings), Launched EMV payments. Responsible for inorganic growth of Westpac Consumer Finance portfolio through Acquisitions, Divestitures, Alliances (co-brand, white label) and 3rd party distribution channels. Includes responsibility for co-brand portfolios and redesign and management of customer loyalty programs. Started at Westpac as Senior Manager in 2003… Show more Originated and launched multiple corporate partnerships, re-architected loyalty programs (generating tens of millions in cost savings), Launched EMV payments. Responsible for inorganic growth of Westpac Consumer Finance portfolio through Acquisitions, Divestitures, Alliances (co-brand, white label) and 3rd party distribution channels. Includes responsibility for co-brand portfolios and redesign and management of customer loyalty programs. Started at Westpac as Senior Manager in 2003 and was promoted to Head of Business Development in 2005. Based in Sydney, Australia. Show less



The Vision Web

• Netherlands
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • 1999 - 2002

  Delft Area, Netherlands Started own business and grew this to 35 staff and Euro 7m in turnover. Startup business consultancy with focus on business process & IT systems alignment for clients in high transaction volume business-to-consumer environments. Clients included banks, telco's and utility providers. Based in The Netherlands.



Chipper VOF

• Operations Manager Payments

  • 1996 - 1999

  Amsterdam Area, Netherlands Joint Venture between ING Postbank and KPN Telecom to provide multi-functional payment card services to more than 8 million customers in The Netherlands.