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Salmon adds Corporate Development Chief to its leadership team

Manila, June 2, 2023 - Consumer lender Salmon is thrilled to announce the appointment of Derrick Low as its new Chief Corporate Development Officer. Derrick will spearhead the management of the finance function and the creation of corporate development functions, which will encompass corporate finance and planning, capital raising, investor relations, and other strategic initiatives.

Derrick is joining Salmon as an accomplished financial services leader with 15 years of investment banking experience across global banks such as Citigroup, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Standard Chartered, and Nomura. In his most recent role at Nomura, where he served as an Executive Director, he led the company’s coverage of Southeast Asia financial institutions and the Asia-Pacific headquarters of global insurance firms. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Singapore Management University with a Bachelor of Business Management.

“We are focused on the rapid growth of Salmon, and Derrick’s addition to our team will help us meet both the growing needs of customers and the expectations of investors. With Derrick’s domain expertise and proven international track record of developing financial institutions and fintech investment banking businesses, Salmon is in a great position to develop and scale as we move closer to our goal of being the leading credit-led neobank in Southeast Asia,” Salmon Co-Founder Raffy Montemayor said in a statement.

About Salmon
Fintech Holdings Ltd (“Salmon”) was founded in July 2022 by banking and fintech veterans Pavel Fedorov, George Chesakov, and Raffy Montemayor. Today, Salmon has more than 140 professionals in its Manila headquarters. It acts as a platform that allows customers to access financial products from the following partners that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the Philippines:

  1. Sunprime Finance Inc. - SEC Registration Number CS201916698 with Certificate of Authority Number 1241 (Online Lending Platform)
  2. FHL Financing Company, Inc. - SEC Registration Number 2022100071291-07 with Certificate of Authority Number F-22-0038-29 (Service App only)

Please read the terms and conditions before availing any loan from Salmon’s financing partners.

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