Canva appoints ex-Bukalapak CEO to lead its South-east Asia operation

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    "title": "Canva appoints ex-Bukalapak CEO to lead its South-east Asia operation - The Business Times",
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    "excerpt": "The region is increasingly important to the company, with two Asean markets in the top 10 of monthly active users Share [SINGAPORE] South-east Asia is quickly becoming a key market for the Australia-based design platform Canva, which recently appointed Indonesian tech industry veteran Willix Halim to lead its growing operations in the region. Halim, the co-founder and former CEO of e-commerce platform Bukalapak, is expected to translate his knowledge of the region into further growth for Canva in his role as South-east Asia CEO. He was advising Canva for about a year before joining the company in a full-time capacity about three months ago. Some areas where he is expected to provide further support include market localisation strategies for Canva and his expertise on a mobile-first mentality in South-east Asia. Halim told The Business Times : “In e-commerce, and with all the industries, the mobile app-first mentality has to apply in South-east Asia. The replication of that from e-commerce into software-as-a-service applications is similar, and Android and iOS are a big part of users in developing markets.” According to Canva, one in two presentations in South-east Asia starts on mobile; in Indonesia, the figure is two in three, and in the Philippines, three in five. Five decades of milestones and moments that shaped Singapore’s success story - told through our headlines...",
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