Nguyen Thai Hai Van
Grab has announced the appointment of Nguyen Thai Hai Van as Managing Director of Grab in Vietnam, effective February 1, 2020.
In this role, she will oversee business strategy and operations across all of Grab’s businesses in the country. Van will continue to drive the growth of ride-hailing, on-demand food delivery, logistics and fintech across Vietnam.
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With Grab’s recently announced US$500 million more investment into Vietnam over the next five years, Van will tap and invest in new opportunities emerging from the fintech, mobility and logistics space. She will also drive the ‘Grab for Good’ roadmap for Vietnam.
Van joined Grab Vietnam on November 01, 2019, after a 17-year-long career at Unilever Vietnam. At Unilever, she ran P&L and marketing in Vietnam and regionally across varied product lines.
She is also Co-Chair of the Vietnam Mobile Marketing Association.
Van succeeds Jerry Lim, who will return home to Singapore-based role as Regional Head of Customer Experience. He will lead Grab’s customer experience teams across eight Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam.
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Lim is credited with building GrabFood in Vietnam from scratch, empowering Vietnamese micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses to digitize and grow.
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