Saudi Arabia-headquartered PayTabs, Middle East and North Africa region’s award-winning payment orchestration powerhouse has recently appointed Mohamad Abbas as the Chief Sales & Operations Officer. The development came on October 24.
According to the company, possessing over 22 years of experience in sales, business development, and operations management within the e-commerce, digital payments, and fintech sectors, Mohamad will spearhead PayTabs revenue and profitability goal fulfillment and operational efficiency playbooks in key operating markets such as Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt.
Mohamad, as a distinguished senior executive leader and entrepreneur, brings forth enormous value for PayTabs that includes experience in significant revenue generation, expertise in driving operational efficiency, raising market share, and managing large corporate portfolios.
In his most recent roles, Abbas counts himself as a founding team of Amazon Payment Services (formerly PayFort), senior Manager E-Commerce at Network International, and Risk & Fraud Manager at Emirates Bank. He established and managed regulatory frameworks, leading strategic partnerships, demonstrating impressive leadership, and guiding the organizations through complex market environments while driving sustainable revenue and profitability across the region.
PayTabs weighs that Mohamad’s appointment is aligned with the company’s ambitious goal of achieving 200% to 400% year-on-year growth across established and emerging markets in the MENA region while aiming to double market share. Mohamad’s exceptional commercial acumen, negotiation, communication, and relationship management skills, and curated customer-fit program expertise have enabled him to forge successful alliances with key enterprises and stakeholders.
Speaking of the development, Johnson Sasikumar, PayTabs Group Deputy CEO at PayTabs Group Headquarters in Riyadh, stated,
“Mohamad’s leadership will be instrumental in advancing PayTabs’ vision to power every digital transaction in the region and accelerate the digital movement, aligning with the company’s mission to deliver fully integrated and scalable payments infrastructure across MENA. We are excited to have Mohamad join PayTabs and take on this unique challenge as we remain focused on solving and innovating on behalf of our clients and partners to spearhead our profitability trajectory and add value to our business.”
Founded in 2014 by Saudi entrepreneur Abdulaziz Al Jouf, PayTabs counts Saudi Aramco among its investors. The company operated in the Saudi market for a decade, building and owning IP rights across payment core banking infra that enables governments and corporates to create their own independent and stand-alone payment platforms. PayTabs holds Payment Technology Service Provider certification from Saudi Payments.
PayTabs optimization, market share development, and operational efficiency plans include scaling their core payment and orchestration platform operations further in the region while working with licensed institutions and large card schemes. PayTabs orchestration platform can manage and process billions in payment volumes across the region, effortlessly per second through servers located inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
