MasterCard announced the appointment of two co-presidents for the Asia Pacific region, Ling Hai and Ari Sarker.

 

The company also said it is establishing sub-regions within Asia Pacific -- North East Asia and Australasia (NEAA) and South East Asia and South Asia (SEASA). The new sub-regions are in recognition of the growing importance of Asia Pacific as a whole as it houses two of the region’s biggest markets – China and India – and reflects a more focused approach for these diverse markets.

 

Ling Hai will be president of North East Asia and Australasia. He was most recently group executive of enterprise development, international markets for MasterCard. Ling Hai joined MasterCard in 2010 as division president of Greater China and has over 22 years’ industry experience, including in financial services and consulting, across a number of markets.

 

Ari Sarker will be president, South East Asia and South Asia. Ari has been with MasterCard for over four years and was most recently MasterCard’s division president for South Asia and country corporate officer, India. He also has over 22 years of experience spanning the finance, commercial, and M&A sectors in senior management roles across key markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

 

 

Both will be based in Singapore, and together they will be taking over from Vicky Bindra, president, Asia Pacific, who will be leaving the company.