Bank of America has announced the appointment of Baris Kalay as head of Global Payments Solutions (GPS) corporate sales for Asia Pacific. Kalay, currently head of GPS corporate sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), will relocate from London to Singapore by October. In his new role, he will continue reporting to Matthew Davies, co-head of GPS global corporate sales and head of GPS EMEA, with a matrixed reporting line to Winnie Chen, head of GPS APAC. He currently leads a team across the region focused on delivering cash management, working capital, trade, liquidity, commercial card, and transactional FX solutions to a portfolio of EMEA-headquartered corporate clients. Kalay joined Bank of America in 2011 as a director in trade sales covering Turkey and Israel, and was most recently head of Trade and Supply Chain Finance for GPS EMEA. He began his banking career at Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS in 1999 and has also held roles at various financial institutions in Turkey, the Netherlands, and Russia. He holds a degree in Economics from the Middle East Technical University in Turkey and an MBA from Koc University, also in Turkey. Redisseminated by The Asian Banker
