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Arvind Kannan

Singapore

Summary

Experienced Payments and Transaction Banking professional with expertise in digital and real-time payments, corporate banking solutions—cash management, working capital financing, trade finance, and FX—along with strong credit and risk management capabilities. Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams, launching new businesses, and managing diverse client portfolios – including central banks, financial institutions, fintechs, and large corporates across APAC. Proficient in corporate sales, business development, and product and program management.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Regional Business Development Lead, Asia Pacific – New Payment Platforms

Mastercard Asia Pacific (MA)
09.2019
  • Led the business development team in executing Mastercard’s Account-to-Account Payment strategy across APAC, partnering with central banks, domestic payment schemes, and commercial banks
  • Held P&L responsibility with an annual revenue target of USD 25M+
  • Deals & Achievements: Exceptional Sales Performance Award 2020: Led the sale and execution of a long-term commercial agreement with the Central Bank of Myanmar, generating over USD 350M in revenue
  • Developed and Won Mastercard’s first Cross-border RTP-RTP connection between Philippines and Malaysia
  • Won and executed long-term deals for national critical payment transformation programs for FAST in Singapore and PromptPay in Thailand.

Head of Payments & Cash Management, Singapore

Societe Generale (SG)
09.2015 - 09.2019
  • Managed a team of four, focusing on growing the cash management business for MNC clients in Singapore
  • Grew annual revenues from ~USD 1M to annual recurring turnover of USD 10M+
  • Relationship Manager for large corporate clients (with turnover of up to €10B) – responsible for overall client coverage delivering solutions across working capital financing, FX, cash management, and trade finance
  • Deals & Achievements: Secured a pan-Asia cash management and FX deal for one of the world’s largest e-commerce firms, generating USD 1.5M annually
  • Lead advisor in guiding the client to set up centralized treasury and payment center in Singapore
  • Closed SG’s first Cash Pooling solution deal in Asia, leading to USD 350K in incremental revenues
  • Won and executed SG’s first escrow deal in Asia, generating USD 300K in incremental revenue.

Director, Transaction Banking (TB)

Standard Chartered Bank (SCB)
01.2011 - 09.2015
  • Managed regional sales of Transaction Banking products (cash management, trade finance, FX) for large corporates, with annual revenue responsibility of USD 14M+
  • Deals & Achievements: Group CEO Award: Selected as one of the High Potential Talents (HiPo) to present an innovative financing solution, 'Green Assets,' to the Group CEO
  • Transaction Banking Excellence Award: Structured a USD 100M+ factoring solution for one of the world’s largest rubber traders, generating USD 1.6M in annual revenue
  • Won and executed one of TB’ largest deals – a EUR 705M SBLC backed by SGD cash deposits, for an acquisition in Vietnam, generating USD 1.4M in incremental revenue.

Associate Director, Transaction Banking (TB)

Standard Chartered Bank (SCB)
06.2007 - 01.2011
  • Led a three-member team focused on pre-sales and implementation for MNC clients in cash management and trade finance
  • Deals & Achievements: CEO Award for Excellence in Performance: Secured a major cash mandate for India’s largest telecom company, generating USD 2M annual revenue
  • Winner of the Client Centricity Award and led successful rollout of enhanced cash management solutions for MNCs.

Software Engineer

Infosys Technologies Ltd.
07.2003 - 06.2005
  • Awarded Certificate of Excellence for ranking in the top 10% in the Entry Level Training Program at Infosys.

Education

MBA -

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Bangalore, India
04.2007

Skills

  • Team Mentoring
  • Business process improvement
  • Competitive Analysis

Certification

Certification on Blockchain, Digital Currencies and Distributed Ledgers

Timeline

Regional Business Development Lead, Asia Pacific – New Payment Platforms

Mastercard Asia Pacific (MA)
09.2019

Head of Payments & Cash Management, Singapore

Societe Generale (SG)
09.2015 - 09.2019

Director, Transaction Banking (TB)

Standard Chartered Bank (SCB)
01.2011 - 09.2015

Associate Director, Transaction Banking (TB)

Standard Chartered Bank (SCB)
06.2007 - 01.2011

Software Engineer

Infosys Technologies Ltd.
07.2003 - 06.2005

MBA -

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

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