Mak will be responsible for building regional merchant marketing strategies for card acceptance and usage.

He served in various payments-related companies, managing areas such as co-brand products, cross border, merchant acceptance and merchant relations, most recently lead co-brand product management and driving cross border business.

Global Products & Solutions, Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa, group executive TV Seshadri said, "As we continue to build strategic merchant relationships, Marcus’ wealth of experience in the payments industry will help us develop new and exciting merchant marketing propositions across APMEA."