Tonik hires former Google and Facebook exec

He will take on the role of Chief People Officer.

The Philippines first neobank Tonik has hired former Google HR Director for Japan and Asia-Pacific (JAPAC) and Meta (Facebook) Director of User Operations, Manoj Varghese as its new Chief People Officer.

Varghese will spearhead the continuous growth and cultural integration of one of Southeast Asia's fastest growing and sought-after fintech companies.

As the former Google HR Director for Japan, Varghese led the set up and expansion of the tech giant's JAPAC headquarters in Singapore primarily hiring and onboarding the regional leadership team. This enabled Google to further grow its Engineering, Sales, and Operations teams not just in Singapore locally, but also across the Asia Pacific.

Varghese also executed a similar role in Meta (Facebook) during his three-year stint at the tech giant—building and managing the community operations team, and working closely with global product, engineering, and policy team members to support over 1 billion Facebook users.

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