Ben Gilbey
About
Ben Gilbey is from Singapore. Ben is currently SVP | Group Head, Digital Payments & Labs at Mastercard, located in Singapore. Ben also works as Senior Vice President at Mastercard, a job Ben has held since Nov 2016. Another title Ben currently holds is Vice President, Emerging Payments, Solutions Management at Mastercard. In Ben's previous role as a VP Sales and Business Development at Arcadier, Ben worked in Singapore until Oct 2014. Prior to joining Arcadier, Ben was a Director, Regional Head for Mobile, APAC at PayPal and held the position of Director, Regional Head for Mobile, APAC at Singapore. Prior to that, Ben was a Director Business Development Asia Pacific at MACH Content Services from Nov 2007 to Aug 2011. Ben started working as Director Business Development, Asia Pacific at Terraplay Systems AB in Mar 2006. From Dec 2003 to Apr 2006, Ben was Director Business Development at Mikoishi (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd. Prior to that, Ben was a Managing Director at Mobiletones Asia from Sep 2002 to Dec 2004. Ben started working as VP at Lycos in Jan 2001.
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Ben Gilbey's current jobs
The Emerging Payments team at MasterCard functions to develop, deploy and scale digital payments products, including digital wallets, checkouts, P2P payments, e-remittances and digital encryption standards and platforms (the technologies behind Apple Pay and Google Pay). As Head of Solutions, my role is to develop opportunities to scale distribution of our digital payments, thereby driving awareness, adoption and transactions. I work with strategic partners, platform enablers, OEMs, issuers, acquirers and merchants to achieve these aims. In particular I look at everyday usage deployments around transport, retail, the F&B industry, and events and ticketing. The majority of my focus is mobile-first, but I also pay keen attention to ensuring solutions scale also on the desktop. I also head up the region's developer outreach programs, including our annual hackathon series, Masters Of Code, and internal hack events.
Ben Gilbey's past jobs
I worked with a highly talented and seasoned group of ex-PayPal professionals from strategy and product backgrounds to develop and scale new patented tools designed to facilitate fast, iterative development of mobile-first commerce and payment platforms. My role encompassed product development, strategy development, partnerships and sales team management.
Responsible for regional mobile carrier and handset OEM partnerships for PayPal payment services. Includes both online and offline payment capabilities and global deals with handset OEM's based in APAC. Manages a small focused team delivering revenue, customer and merchant acquisition to PayPal. Role is primarily business development and sales, with significant interaction with product, compliance and risk.
MACH Content Services provides operator billing, settlement and more for Application Stores. My remit covers dealing with handset vendors and mobile OS licensors in the APAC region and beyond.
Terraplay is the market leader in mobile multiplayer and community gaming, working with mobile game publishers and mobile operators worldwide.