Capital A has done leadership transitions to scale up its digital business portfolio that includes its subsidiaries the airasia Super App, the travel & lifestyle platform and its fintech portfolio BigPay. As a part of the transition, Colin Currie, President, Commercial of Capital A will hold dual roles including Chief Executive Officer of airasia Digital position.
Capital A’s Head of Investments John Cheing has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer for airasia Digital and airasia Super App.
Tony Fernandes, CEO, Capital A said: “As demonstrated in our Q42022 results which showed strong performances in both our super app and our fintech business, we are excited to be launching the next phase of growth in our digital portfolios. I have full confidence in Commercial President of Capital A, Colin Currie to take the CEO role for airasia Digital given his past experience of leading adidas to record-breaking growth in the regional market he managed. John’s experience as the Head of Investments for Capital A and his close involvement especially with the strategic planning of airasia Super App will also be beneficial in his new role as the CFO for airasia Digital. Both Colin and John will work closely with me to scale our digital business portfolio up.”
Colin Currie, Chief Executive Officer, airasia Digital and President, Commercial of Capital A said: “I am excited to be guiding airasia Digital as it pursues its vision of creating an ecosystem of businesses that connect with our customers in their everyday life bringing them the best of travel, financial and lifestyle services. We believe that our digital journey has much more room for growth as we aim to become one of the leading travel super Apps within Asean and beyond. I look forward to working with John whose strong financial knowledge and experience will help drive strategic goals, deliver value and ultimately bring our digital businesses to new heights while ensuring we continue to be profitable.”
The airasia Super App is the one-stop travel, e-commerce and fintech platform business of Capital A offering consumers over 15 lines of products and services via the Super App as well as the website.