# Karl Mohan

> Karl Mohan is a person that is a payments and crypto executive who has held senior roles at Crypto.com, Wirecard and National Australia Bank.

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- Created: 2026-09-22T10:20:36.875Z
- Last updated: 2026-09-22T10:20:36.875Z
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**Karl Mohan** is a Singapore-based financial services executive.[\[1\]](#cite-id-txtrz7vbce) Before moving into [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) he built a career in traditional banking and payments, including more than four years at the National Australia Bank and a period at the German payments company Wirecard.[\[1\]](#cite-id-txtrz7vbce) 

## Education

He pursued graduate management education at Monash University, earning a Master of Business Administration in entrepreneurship and innovation between 2009 and 2011.[\[2\]](#cite-id-zu8w69iclq)​[\[3\]](#cite-id-6561364lly) In 2012 he completed a further Master of Business Administration through the European Summer School for Advanced Management at Aarhus University.[\[2\]](#cite-id-zu8w69iclq) He also holds the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification from ISACA, an information-security governance credential.[\[2\]](#cite-id-zu8w69iclq)​

## Career

Mohan spent more than four years at the National Australia Bank (NAB), based in Melbourne.[\[1\]](#cite-id-txtrz7vbce) From April 2015 to April 2018 he served as Head of Transaction Banking, e-Commerce and Advisory, leading NAB's e-commerce transactional banking function with a mandate to drive revenue growth across the Institutional, Corporate and Business Banking segments.[\[2\]](#cite-id-zu8w69iclq) The role centred on building NAB's wholesale merchant acquiring capability, enabling domestic e-commerce merchants to expand internationally and helping overseas merchants establish local Australian operations.[\[2\]](#cite-id-zu8w69iclq) 

He was then promoted to Head of Product, Partnerships and Growth from April 2018, a position he held until leaving NAB in mid-2019.[\[2\]](#cite-id-zu8w69iclq)​[\[1\]](#cite-id-txtrz7vbce)​

From July 2019 to September 2020, Mohan was General Manager for Australia and New Zealand at Wirecard, the German financial-services and payments company, working from Melbourne.[\[2\]](#cite-id-zu8w69iclq) In that position he was responsible for growing the company's business across the two markets.[\[5\]](#cite-id-jq16gw0eyi) While at Wirecard he was the leading project member of the inaugural Asia Pacific Open Banking report, which was subsequently tabled to the finance ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.[\[5\]](#cite-id-jq16gw0eyi)​

Between March 2021 and February 2025, Mohan worked independently as a self-employed payments consultant, describing the work as projects in payments, crypto and fintech for major global companies.[\[2\]](#cite-id-zu8w69iclq) From October 2019 to February 2025 he sat on the advisory board of RedGrid, a Melbourne company building what it calls the Internet of Energy — a distributed network intended to turn energy devices into a collectively managed, cleaner and more efficient grid.[\[2\]](#cite-id-zu8w69iclq)​

Mohan joined [Crypto.com](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocom) in August 2021, initially as General Manager for Asia Pacific, based in Melbourne.[\[3\]](#cite-id-6561364lly)​[\[2\]](#cite-id-zu8w69iclq) His remit widened over time to cover the Middle East and Africa, and he added the role of Global Head of Banking Partnerships, becoming General Manager for APAC and MEA.[\[3\]](#cite-id-6561364lly)​[\[2\]](#cite-id-zu8w69iclq) In January 2025 he was appointed Executive Vice President for Financial Services and General Manager International, relocating to Singapore, a position he held until August 2026.[\[2\]](#cite-id-zu8w69iclq)​[\[4\]](#cite-id-dfiqa7w7cx)​

Mohan's exit from [Crypto.com](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocom) was reported on 30 June 2026 by Finance Magnates, which noted that he had left after almost five years.[\[1\]](#cite-id-txtrz7vbce) 

Karl Mohan has been self-employed in the [real-world asset (RWA)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas) and tokenization sector in the APAC region since August 2026. His work focuses on examining the potential economic impact of RWA tokenization and its implications for the financial sector.  [\[2\]](#cite-id-zu8w69iclq)