Ripple Appoints Brooks Entwistle as Managing Director of Southeast Asia

Fazzaco has learned that the blockchain company Ripple has hired Brooks Entwistle as its Managing Director of Southeast Asia. Based in Singapore, he will lead and scale the company's operations in the region.

As seen on his LinkedIn profile, prior to Ripple, Brooks was international Chief Business Officer at Uber. Before that, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Everstone Group, an investment group headquartered in Singapore. Brooks spent almost two decades at Goldman Sachs in several top management roles including Partner and Chairman of Southeast Asia, Partner and CEO Singapore, and Partner, Founder, CEO and Country Head India.

Brooks Entwistle is a graduate of Dartmouth College with a bachelor's degree in History and holds a MBA from Harvard Business School.

​Asheesh Birla, General Manager of RippleNet at Ripple said: "Southeast Asia's payments ecosystem is extremely dynamic with fairly complex, country-specific schemes which require a lot of in-depth knowledge. The adoption of RippleNet among the region's many fintechs, payments service providers and SMEs makes Southeast Asia our biggest market for both customer demand and transaction growth. We're excited to welcome Brooks to lead the charge as Ripple doubles down on efforts to further our phenomenal growth in the region."