Visa welcomes new country manager for Singapore and Brunei

Financial services company Visa recently announced the appointment of Kunal Chatterjee as country manager for Singapore and Brunei.

Chatterjee spent the past 10 years with Visa serving in a variety of roles. Most recently, he has led Visa’s global account team for Citibank in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

The company said he is a proven team leader with an in-depth knowledge of payments and a strong understanding of the Singapore business. Additionally, he has hands-on market experience as a former member of Visa’s Singapore country team where he led the Business Development function for three and a half years.

“I am thrilled to be returning to Visa’s Singapore country team and have the opportunity to lead our operations in the exciting markets of Singapore and Brunei. I am looking forward to growing the talent in our team and working closely with our clients and merchants to introduce new payment innovations that benefit consumers, businesses and the government.” Chatterjee said.

Mandy Lamb, Visa’s group country manager, Regional South-east Asia, said: “We are excited to welcome Kunal back to the Singapore country team. With proven management and leadership skills and a strong understanding of the Singapore business, I am confident he will enable us to continue to drive the expansion of electronic payments and help to achieve the country’s Smart Nation objectives.”

Prior to joining Visa, Chatterjee spent a number of years working in banking and finance in a variety of roles at banks in India and in the consulting domain in Asia-Pacific markets.