Ant Group appoints Jia Hang as Regional General Manager

Jia Hang has been appointed as the Regional General Manager for Southeast Asia. The newly created role extends Ant Group's ongoing efforts to strengthen its talent and capability building in the region and its commitment to better support individuals and local and regional businesses, especially SMEs, to ride the wave of the digital economy.

"Amid a stronger push for businesses to recover and thrive by advancing digitally to innovate for the future, we must be right at where our customers are," Hang says.

"Through continuous and close collaborations with both public and private sectors in the region, we are dedicated to helping local businesses succeed with our talents, know-how and digital capabilities."

"Leveraging Alipay+, and together with an ecosystem of established industry partners, we are committed to supporting global merchants, including regional ones to better serve over one billion SEA consumers by connecting them with their favorite e-wallets and other mobile payment methods. We also look forward to contributing in nurturing local tech talents with initiatives such as 10x1000 Tech for Inclusion," he added.

Based in Singapore, Ant Group's regional headquarter for Southeast Asia, Hang is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in payments and financial technology.