Matthew Sek
VP at Airwallex
Matthew Sek is Vice President at Airwallex, the global fintech platform that began in a Melbourne coffee shop and now provides foreign exchange, global payouts, corporate cards and spend management tools for businesses worldwide. He leads the company's growth and small-to-medium enterprise focus across Australia and New Zealand. Sek started his career at management consultancy Kearney before spending more than two years on Seek's corporate strategy team, then joined Airwallex, where he built its channel partnerships and product marketing functions before moving into global product and commercial strategy. On Fintechfun with Chris Titley, he traced Airwallex's journey from a Melbourne coffee shop to a global fintech player.
In their own words
From From Coffee Shop to Global Fintech: The Airwallex Journey with Matthew Sek · FintechfunI like to think about my time at work as running sprints. I just need to make sure I don't end up running this endless marathon.
Career
- Now VP · Airwallex
- Earlier · Scale-up Corporate strategy team · Seek
- Earlier Management consultant · Kearney
Sources: balancethegrind.co
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