Collectius
Kian Foh Then serves as the Group Chief Executive Officer of Collectius, a position held since 2017, where responsibilities include developing high-quality business strategies, motivating a high-performing managerial team, and overseeing overall operations to ensure alignment with organizational goals. Kian Foh Then has held various leadership roles within Collectius, including Co-Chief Executive Officer, Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Group Chief Operating Officer, and Managing Director and Country Head of the Philippines. Prior experience includes serving as a Director at Arete Financial Partners, and holding key positions such as Head of Credit Management at CIMB, Head of Collections, Recovery and Fraud Control at Standard Chartered Bank, and AVP Group Consumer Credit at DBS Bank. Educational achievements include a Chartered Banker certification from The Chartered Banker Institute, a Certificate in M&As and Corporate Strategy from INSEAD, and a Master of Business in Professional Accounting from Victoria University.
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Collectius
Founded in 2014, Collectius is Asia’s leading fintech company in debt management services with operations in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and India in which it has a rapidly growing footprint of more than six million customers. The company services consumer and SME non-performing loan portfolios of more than US$7 billion, either purchased by Collectius or held by independent parties. In a market where an estimated 100 million people are affected by bad debt management practices, Collectius is the market leader and, in partnership with International Finance Corporation (IFC), establishes the best practices for the industry to follow. The ‘Collectius way of Collection’ employs a customer centric approach to debt management supported by a data-driven collection platform and powered by machine learning and digital first communication. Collectius plays a key role in ensuring the stability of the financial system in Asia by providing banks and financial institutions the opportunity to offload their non-performing loans, thus strengthening their balance sheets and enabling them to continue extending credit that facilitates economic growth. The company is majority-owned by its two founders Gustav A. Eriksson and Ivar Björklund, with the remainder owned by the IFC, Stena AB and Formica Capital.