Verifone Names New APAC Leadership

Verifone announced yesterday (July 9) that it has hired a payments veteran to lead its Asian Pacific region.

The company announced that Steve Aliferis will take over as president of its Asia Pacific unit. Verifone also announced the appointment of Arthur Jiang, who will serve as the senior vice president and general manager for China. This region, as the company notes in the release, was designated a separate region that reports directly to CEO Paul Galant.

“Steve and Arthur are experienced, highly respected executives that embrace Verifone’s values and share our vision for the future of payments and commerce. They have demonstrated the ability to build and grow successful client franchises throughout Asia,” said Galant. “Steve and Arthur will help us to be a better, more nimble partner for our Asia Pacific and China clients and will provide the leadership that we need to accelerate investment in this critically important part of the world.”

Aliferis comes to the company with more than 20 years of experience in the payments and banking sectors. His previous management positions include experience with Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank and Assure Worldwide and in Australian Financial Services at Westpac Group. At his last company he served as the head of business banking. He will join Verifone on Aug. 3.

Jiang stepped into his role this week (July 7) and will be working out of the Beijing office. He also comes with more than 20 years of experience and has knowledge of China’s growing payments industry. Prior to Verifone, Jiang was the CEO and former board member of PAX Technologies. Prior to that he has held senior leadership positions with Gemalto and Hi Sun Technologies. He also served as the vice general manager of Aisino Corporation’s payments business.

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