K. K. Ng
President & CEO, Director

Mr. Ng is well known in the in the payments' industry in Asia, with over 28 years of experience in building, operating and turning around payment businesses. He joined American Express in 1978 as Country Manager, Malaysia & Brunei. He later became Vice President for Malaysia and Brunei before being promoted to Division Vice President, Business Development of American Express' Asia Pacific Australia Division, based in Hong Kong. He was instrumental in building American Express into the leading card company in Malaysia prior to his departure. He left in 1986 to join MBf Group of Malaysia and turned around MBf's card business to become the largest MasterCard issuer in Southeast Asia and the largest issuer in Malaysia by 1993 and the first issuer of Maestro debit cards in Asia. Between 1990 and 1995 he expanded MBf's card business into China and several other Asian countries and was appointed as the President, Card and Payment Services. He left to form InterPay International Group, where he introduced the first MasterCard charge card with a chip-based, prepaid/loyalty card in Asia, through its joint venture card company in Malaysia, iSynergy.

Mr. Ng was a Director of Maestro International Inc., a subsidiary of MasterCard International Inc. between 1992 - 1995, and served as an Alternate Director on the MasterCard Asia Pacific Board from 1991- 1995. He was an independent consultant in MasterCard Advisors, a division of MasterCard International Inc., during 2003 - 2005. He holds a B.Sc. (Engineering) degree from University of London and M.Sc. (Administrative Sciences) from The City University Graduate Business School, London.  Mr. Ng is a seasoned international businessman who is fluent in Mandarin and several Chinese dialects.