Lim Kok Kee

Senior Vice President, Government Engagement, Asia Pacific, Mastercard

As Mastercard’s regional lead for government engagement, Kok Kee leads the team that partners with government agencies across the Asia Pacific region to accelerate their digital transformation agendas. In this role, he is responsible for bringing Mastercard’s products, services and ecosystem capabilities to bear to solve for the challenges that governments face today across a range of areas spanning financial inclusion and inclusive growth, citizen service efficiency and government operational excellence.

Kok Kee started his career with Mastercard’s consulting arm, Advisors, where he covered business development in Southeast Asia, working with financial institutions and merchant partners on a range of strategic, commercial and operational initiatives. Thereafter, he was tapped to lead the Strategy and Program Management Office for Mastercard in China, to help drive Mastercard’s business expansion in the market.

Prior to joining Mastercard, Kok Kee held several leadership roles at Visa and Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Kok Kee holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, in the United States.