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Lawrence Chan

Group Chief Executive Officer, NETS

Lawrence Chan brings close to 30 years of deep and diversified experience to his position as Group CEO of NETS.

He is responsible for the companies in NETS Group, positioning the organisation as the industry operator, builder of payment infrastructure and winning the hearts and minds of consumers and merchants. In line with the organisation’s purpose statement – Connecting Communities, Empowering Lives, Lawrence has successfully increased digital payment adoption through NETS wide merchant network domestically and enabled cross-border payments where connectivity with overseas payments rails have been established.

Prior to joining NETS, he served as Vice President – Regional Client Management, Asia Pacific for Visa. He also previously held leadership positions at PayPal which include serving as Vice President and General Manager for Japan and Southeast Asia and a Director on the Board of PayPal Pte Ltd until 2015. Prior to that, he was based in Japan for four years, where he led the American Express’s Merchant business before returning to Singapore and assuming the position of Senior Vice President, Global Payment Options, Asia Pacific.

Lawrence currently serves on the Payment sub-committee at the Singapore FinTech Association and as a Fellow at Singapore University of Social Sciences, where he provides advice and serves as a resource in the university’s FinTech teaching and research activities.

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