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Revolut Appoints Lazada’s Co-founder Charles Debonneuil as Its APAC GM

Challenger bank Revolut announced that it has appointed Charles Debonneuil as its APAC General Manager.

Debonneuil will focus on building out Revolut’s local growth teams and developing the business’ growth strategy as well as driving rapid new user acquisition in the APAC region.

Prior to joining Revolut’s APAC team, Debonneuil was the President of Intrepid Group, an e-commerce solutions company for global brands, overseeing the growth of the company to over 300 employees across Asia.

Debonneuil is also a Co-founder and former Chief Marketing Officer of Lazada, an e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia which was acquired by Alibaba in 2016.

He oversaw the growth of the business which today has approximately 160 million monthly active users across 6 countries.

Debonneuil holds a Masters in Management from HEC Paris, during which he also studied at the Wharton School of Business (USA) and Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (China). He is also a Board Member of Intrepid Group.

Ankit Khemka

Ankit Khemka, Global General Manager and Head of Marketing at Revolut said,

“We’re thrilled to welcome Charles to Revolut as we double down on our commitment in the APAC region.

As we continue to deliver more of our core products to the region, Charles’ extensive expertise is a valuable addition in helping us scale our presence in the Asia-Pacific market and getting our global superapp into the hands of more customers.”

Charles Debonneuil

Charles Debonneuil, Revolut APAC General Manager, said:

“I’m delighted to join the Revolut team. Revolut’s mission to build a global financial superapp is very exciting, and I’m looking forward to enabling more users in APAC to benefit from Revolut’s product, which is at the forefront of global fintech.”