KUALA LUMPUR (March 14): Capital A Bhd has appointed Mohamad Hafidz Mohd Fadzil as acting chief executive officer of airasia Super App, effective April 1.
In a statement on Tuesday (March 14) on its website, Capital A said Mohamad Hafidz, who is currently airasia Super App chief fintech officer, will be succeeding current CEO Amanda Woo, who will step down on April 1.
“Upon commencement of his (Mohamad Hafidz) role as the acting CEO of airasia Super App on April 1, he will continue to drive the platform’s fintech vision that will further help to boost the Super App’s choices for its users and bring more revenue to the business,” it added.
The group noted that this follows its recent leadership transition announcement at airasia Digital, which include subsidiaries, airasia Super App and BigPay.
“Colin Currie, who takes on dual roles as airasia Digital’s CEO and president, commercial of Capital A will lead the effort to forge a closer collaboration between airasia Super App and BigPay to create a better user experience in travel and payment for the users within the Capital A ecosystem,” Capital A said.
Commenting on Mohamad Hafidz’s appointment, Currie said the group is confident that Mohamad Hafidz brings a broad skillset with a proven track record of driving strategic change and growth in fintech, product management and partnership engagements across the region.
“[Mohamad Hafidz’s] goal will be to transform airasia Super App from a predominantly AirAsia-based app to Asia-wide travel app competing with the likes of Traveloka and Grab,” Currie said.
“airasia Super App, like its brand, will focus on providing low-cost, value, travel options for the 700 million people in Asean and for people around the world coming into Asean with innovative pricing and deals,” he added
Upon assuming his new role, Mohamad Hafidz said his immediate priority will be to continue the vision for airasia Super App and fintech through closer collaboration with Capital A’s other lines of business, including Big Pay.
“I also look forward to growing and developing airasia Super App as a one-stop shop for travel, driving conversion for hotels and flights, including non-AirAsia flights,” he added.
The airasia Super App is the one-stop travel, e-commerce and fintech platform business of Capital A offering consumers over 15 lines of products and services.
At 4.15pm, shares in Capital A fell 2.5 sen or 3.21% to 75.5 sen, giving the group a market capitalisation of RM3.14 billion.