Stephen Peters Appointed VP APAC of ACI Worldwide

ACI Worldwide, a leading international provider of electronic payment and banking systems, today announced the appointment of Stephen Peters as Vice President, Solutions Consulting for its business in Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific. Widely respected in the finance and technology sector, Peters joins ACI Worldwide with over 24 years’ experience in enterprise solution sales and account management with banks and financial institutions. After spending the last eight years at Clear2Pay, a bank payment technology company, Peters joins ACI Worldwide to help drive and lead the next wave of innovation in the global payments industry.

Based in Sydney, Peters will shuffle between Sydney and Singapore and will be responsible for driving business growth for ACI Worldwide, utilising his extensive experience and understanding of financial institutions to bring its software solutions to market.

“We are excited about having Stephen join the ACI group given his vast knowledge and experience in the finance and payment space,” said Paul Henaghan, Managing Director, Asia Pacific and Japan. “In his new role, Stephen will manage our solution consultants across the Asia Pacific region and focus on accelerating time to market, growing our business and strengthening our solutions across the software space.”

“Having helped deliver payment solutions to some of the region’s biggest financial institutions, I’m looking forward to working with a company that offers the most integrated suite of solutions to power electronic payments,” said Peters. “ACI is committed to investing regionally and we’ll be looking to not only drive new business opportunities but also continue the discussion on how financial experts, retailers and technology leaders can navigate the disruptive payments landscape and continue to meet the needs of the world’s most demanding technology environments.”

Peters holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics from Griffith University, Queensland and a Post Graduate degree specialising in Financial Markets from the Securities Institute of Australia, Melbourne.