Business Leader
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 Innovation, Ecosystem, and Digital covering consumer and advisor digital stack for one of the largest digital insurers in ASEAN, formed out of the merger of Singlife and Aviva
Leading digital transformation and overall business digitization to improve business agility and reduce costs across six regulated financial service businesses
Managed direct-to-consumer GTM across general, life, and health insurance for 1.5M customers in Singapore
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