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Aditya Hadi Pratama · · 1 min readEx-Ovo CEO joins blockchain firm created by Temasek, DBS, JPMorgan
“Partior, a newly-created joint venture between Temasek, DBS, and JPMorgan, has appointed Jason Thompson as its chief executive and Dmitry Avramenko as its new chief technology officer (CTO),” The Business Times reported.
Details:
- Prior to joining Partior, Thompson was the chief executive of Ovo, an Indonesian digital payment company backed by Grab.
- Meanwhile, Avramenko was the former chief technology officer at PayMe, HSBC Hong Kong’s social payment platform. Before that, he held various technology-related roles at Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, and Credit Suisse.
Dive deeper:
- Yesterday, Ovo said it appointed Jaygan Fu Ponnudurai as its new CEO. A source with knowledge of the situation told Tech in Asia that Thompson had tendered his resignation prior to Ponnudurai’s appointment.
- Singapore-headquartered Partior is a blockchain-based platform that aims to reduce friction and the time it takes to facilitate cross-border payments. It supports real-time settlement of wholesale banking payments in multiple currencies, according to a statement.
Editing by Collin Furtado and Arpit Nayak
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