Shahzad Shahid is the CEO of TPS, a leading Cards & Payments solutions provider with global clientele. In its 20 years of existence, TPS has played an important role in mass adoption of electronic payments particularly in South Asia. Throughout his career of over 15 years in the payments industry, he has been working closely with banks, telecoms and payment processors across South Asia, Middle East & Africa. He is a believer that customer is the key driver of change and customer convenience is going to rapidly bring paradigm shift in the way the banks operate today.
Shahzad is recognized as an inspiring, collaborative leader with solid influencing skills and ability to motivate and lead people. His multi-functional experience spans management, strategy, business development, product development, sales and marketing. With strategic business partnerships and customer acquisition, he has led both top-line and bottom-line growth of TPS.
He holds in-depth knowledge about current and future market trends of the payments industry including payments, cards, digital banking, mobile convergence, mobile money, branchless banking, e-commerce and remittances. Under his leadership and direction, TPS is playing a major role in the growth of digital payments ecosystem across multiple regions.