FinTech Zafin appoints Nicholle Lindner as Senior VP, APAC

By Leandra Monteiro

Zafin, a global SaaS cloud-native product and pricing platform for the next generation of banking, recently announced the addition of Nicholle Lindner as senior vice president of the Asia Pacific region (APAC). Lindner will head the Zafin’s strategic expansion in the APAC banking sector by spearheading sales and customer engagement strategies.

Zafin is a global FinTech that enables financial institutions to centre their customers, grow relationships and drive revenues. With an aim to continue expansion in Australia and across the APAC region, Zafin’s product and pricing platform allows banks to remain competitive in the midst of challenging market influences like low-interest rate environment and open banking reforms.

“The Australian banking industry needs to prioritise digital transformation and innovation to meet the needs of their consumers,” said Lindner. “I believe that Zafin’s innovative technology will help banks to further accelerate their digital transformation efforts. My priority will be to grow Zafin’s brand across Asia Pacific, and to ensure we’re providing relevant solutions that not only solve banks’ challenges of modernising their core systems, but also maximising their growth potential.”

Lindner joins Zafin as a senior industry advisor, mentor and consultant with more than 20 years of experience in the Asia Pacific financial services industry where she has helped several reputed companies with their digital transformation efforts. She has held strategic leadership roles with Australian financial institutions including Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank and Westpac Group. Before joining Zafin, Lindner was a senior director at CapGemini Financial Services, where she developed strategy and new business initiatives for their financial services practice in the Asia Pacific region.

“Nicholle’s extensive industry experience, innovative thinking and deep understanding of the industry’s digital transformation needs make her the perfect leader to deliver Zafin’s value proposition in the region,” said Jay Ryan, chief revenue officer at Zafin. “We are pleased to welcome her to the team and believe Zafin is in a strong position for growth across the APAC region.”