Varun Mittal is experienced in the cross-section of digital business building and financial services in South East Asia and global emerging markets. He has developed and implemented strategy, technology rollout, ecosystem management, and regulatory engagement for financial institutions and digital and internet technology companies. 

Singlife Experience 

• Led Singlife Digital Products and Platforms, overseeing consumer platforms, financial advisor offerings, and policy servicing, serving over 1.3 million registered users, 600k+ digital users, and maintaining 130k+ monthly active users.

• Launched new propositions at Singlife Innovation like platform worker benefits, mental health , independent outpatient plans, embedded health subscription offerings, shift-based insurance leading to 20m+ incremental APE, 80K+ customers.

• Launched Singlife Connect, Singapore's first insuretech accelerator program comprising 12 Proof of concept and Commercial launches with 15 startups serving advisor led and direct-to-consumer insurance distribution models.

• Set up Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence to embed Generative AI in workflows across the organisation, building 16 POCs comprising 35 teams and 82 employees, becoming only insurer globally to get Oracle Generative AI Award.

• Honors and Awards: -Best Mobile App of the Year, MAS Fintech Partner of the Year

EY Experience 

• Led fintech practice in 130 countries in emerging markets comprising a team of over 100 professionals focused on building fintech, blockchain, payment, digital bank, regulatory policy and financial inclusion projects.

• Managed digital solutions & client management for 10 ASEAN markets with over 2000 professionals working with financial institutions, regulators, internet technology companies, conglomerates, and private equity clients

• Operated EY Fintech Hub as a Global platform enabling clients to discover and engage with 30+ fintech propositions for ten customer segments across the domains of digital banking, fintech, lending, insuretech, payments and blockchain

• Developed EY Global Fintech operating model focused on professional services monetisation through corporate innovation, regulatory and compliance certifications, and growth strategy offerings with 70+ active scaleup partners

• Honors & Awards - MAS Fintech Leader of the Year 2019, MAS Fintech Leader of Year 2021

helloPay Experience 

• Launched helloPay Partner Network (HPN) for implementation partners and helloPay Developer Network (HDN) for developers to build and deploy solutions on top of core helloPay systems

• First Marketing and Sales hire of helloPay, first pan-SEA wallet, scaled helloPay team to 154 in 12 months as Regional Head of Operations, spread across 6 countries, first venture outside China acquired by ANT Financial (Alipay)

• At helloPay, led partnerships with card schemes, acquirers, banks and merchant partners to enable acceptance and engagement on Lazada and helloPay in South East Asia for 20M+ users and $1.5 Billion GMV

• Honors & Awards - EY Accelerating Entrepreneur of the Year, 2016