Stuart Thornton

CEO and Co-Founder, hoolah

Singapore

Stuart is the CEO and co-founder of Asia’s leading omnichannel Buy Now Pay Later provider, hoolah. As CEO, Stuarts leads the strategy and growth of hoolah across Asia - a company focused on building closer relationships between retailers and consumers by driving mutual value and responsible affordability.

Prior to setting up hoolah, Stuart’s career journey spans 5 countries and various appointments in a variety of commercial and leadership roles in large corporate firms such as Verizon and Vodafone Global Enterprise, as well as startups.

His most recent role was APAC Vice-President of business development at Worldpay, a global payment processing company, where he led the commercial team across the APAC region and was responsible for driving the growth of the business across multiple industry verticals.

Originally from the UK with a degree in Business, Stuart has lived in Asia for over 15 years. He is passionate about the startup space having also been an active mentor for several growth companies in Singapore.