Square Peg Capital has promoted Ed Barker from senior associate to principal; Google Cloud has appointed former Zoom Malaysia head Patrick Wee as the country manager; while India’s Freecharge has appointed former Axis Bank veteran Mohit Jain as managing director and CEO.
Square Peg Capital promotes Ed Barker to principal
Australia-based global investment firm Square Peg Capital has promoted Ed Barker from senior associate to principal, according to a LinkedIn post shared by him.
Barker had joined Square Peg Capital in 2020 as an associate and was promoted to senior associate after a year. He previously worked for Boston Consulting Group for around three years.
“The title may be new, but the rest is the same – continuing to develop our presence across Southeast Asia and empowering exceptional founders to build amazing businesses,” wrote Ed in the LinkedIn post.
Founded in 2012 by Paul Bassat, Tony Holt, Justin Liberman, and Barry Brott, Square Peg has backed more than 60 founders and claims to have delivered strong returns and returned substantial capital back to its investors — over $580 million across 11 exits at an IRR of 42%.
The company had raised $550 million for its fifth fund to focus on tech founders in Australia, Southeast Asia, and Israel last year.
Patrick Wee joins Google Cloud as country manager
Google Cloud has appointed former Zoom Malaysia head Patrick Wee as the country manager for Malaysia, according to a LinkedIn post shared by him.
Wee worked for Amazon Web Services for six years before joining Zoom as head of its Malaysia business in 2021. He has also worked with Oracle, Symantec, and SAP.
” There is a lot that we can do in Google Cloud toward making the Malaysia Madani Vision a reality! As a proud Malaysian, I really want to see how we can uplift Malaysia as the next high technology and skills hub globally,” wrote Wee in the LinkedIn post.
Google Cloud is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products, such as Google Search, Gmail, Google Drive, and YouTube.
Freecharge appoints Mohit Jain as MD and CEO
Indian fintech company Freecharge has appointed former Axis Bank veteran Mohit Jain as managing director and CEO, according to a LinkedIn post shared by him.
Jain has worked with Axis Bank for 16 years, joining as head project advisory. He was later appointed the head of Axis Bank’s rural banking unit Bharat Enterprises where he worked towards scaling up the corporate agri/MSME business in semi-urban and rural markets.
Founded in 2010, Freecharge is a digital payments and financial services player in India. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Axis Bank.
Freecharge allows users to pay via Wallet, UPI, net banking, debit cards, and credit cards across categories. On the lending front, the offerings span buy-now-pay-later, personal loans, and credit cards, all supported by Axis Bank.