Payment orchestration provider BR-DGE has appointed Chun Ong as its new COO as the company scales rapidly.
With the Edinburgh firm now processing millions of transactions monthly on behalf of high-volume customers spanning travel, eCommerce, gaming and other sectors, Chun’s appointment comes at a critical time for the business.
Chun’s remit will cover the customer success, customer support, implementation and data functions of the business.
“Building a top-tier team has been a priority from the outset, and I’m delighted to welcome Chun to our exceptional and dedicated leadership team,” said Thomas Gillan, CEO of BR-DGE.
“Chun immediately stood out to us as an exceptional leader across several diverse and strategically important functions, with a passion for solving payment problems.
“He comes to BR-DGE with invaluable experience helping FinTechs to scale rapidly while ensuring consistent product and service delivery, and most importantly, the ability to keep customers happy.
“BR-DGE is entering an exciting hyper-growth journey, and we are making huge strides. Our solutions are proven to give enterprise merchants and payment providers the edge they need to meet their growth objectives, the flexibility to fit around emerging customer demands, and the insights they need to optimise.
“As we scale, we want to ensure our values, culture and commitment to our customers remain unchanged. Chun’s ability to build and oversee operational enhancements, inspire high-performing teams across a range of functions, and his relentless focus on creating the ultimate end-to-end customer experience are exactly what we want at BR-DGE.”
Before joining BR-DGE, Chun served in a range of senior positions, where he was instrumental in helping several leading FinTechs scale and adapt to changing market and customer demands.
Chun began his career in banking law and strategy consulting before moving into the tech world, including stints at leading digital remittance company WorldRemit, digital mortgage company Molo Finance, and MENA-focused open banking company Tarabut.
Chun added: “Payments touch so many aspects of our daily lives. Merchants of all sizes, especially global ones, are becoming increasingly aware of the need to constantly innovate and push the boundaries of their payment capabilities. BR-DGE has a massive opportunity to help them on this journey and become the transformational payments platform for them . This core mission of BR-DGE’s immediately resonated with me.
“I jumped at the opportunity to join BR-DGE, not only for how it’s blazing a trail in payment orchestration, but also the fantastic people. My core belief is that people are what makes a company successful. At BR-DGE, I’m inspired by the thriving, collaborative and community culture that’s infused throughout the whole company, from the ground up to the leadership level. I can’t wait to join the whole BR-DGE team along this fantastic journey in helping customers solve their payment problems.”
Bringing together over 400 payment technology solutions in one place, BR-DGE works as an independent, trusted and vendor-agnostic partner for the whole ecosystem, creating value and driving better outcomes for payment providers, their merchants and consumers. With an emerging large order book already in the pipeline, BR-DGE is positioned to become the go-to source and distribution outlet for payments connectivity, routing, and data services.
After breaking its revenue record in 2023 with an incredible 600% growth, the recent launch of BR-DGE’s white-label payment orchestration solution added to the impressive momentum BR-DGE has built so far in 2024, including its expansion into the Asia-Pacific region.