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February 16th, 2023 - Airwallex has today announced two new senior appointments to its global leadership team.
Justin Yek has commenced in the newly created role of Head of Strategic Finance and Corporate Development, bringing to bear 10 years experience in banking, finance and start ups including work for Morgan Stanley and Citi.
Jon Stona meanwhile has joined as Global Head of Marketing after working at Stripe in senior marketing roles, as well as positions at Google and Nike.
CEO and co-founder Jack Zhang commented: “Airwallex has big ambitions for 2023 and while many other companies are having to cut back on staff, we’re investing in our growth and talent. Airwallex wants to help businesses grow, and to do that we're supercharging our own workforce.
Justin will be working closely with me and the Airwallex leadership team as we focus on our company strategy and potential M&A investments that align with our global ambitions.
Jon will take our marketing function to the next level to help drive leads, convert and acquire new customers, and work to encourage repeated use of our different products."
Head of Strategic Finance and Corporate Development Justin Yek commented:
“There are significant opportunities for Airwallex to work with more and more customers and businesses on everything from their payments, treasury, spend and embedded finance, and I’ll be focusing on how we can best achieve that,” Mr Yek said.
Global Head of Marketing Jon Stona said the Airwallex marketing team would be expanding through the year, including with new senior appointments across Australia and New Zealand, North America and Europe.
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