Aimia Names Shailesh Baidwan Regional President, Asia Pacific

MONTREAL, May 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- David Johnston, Aimia Group Chief Operating Officer, is pleased to announce the appointment of Shailesh Baidwan to the newly created role of Regional President, Asia Pacific. In this role, Baidwan will be responsible for developing and executing Aimia's growth strategy across the region.

"With more than 20 years of experience across marketing, sales, strategy and general management in both financial services and consumer products, Shailesh is a seasoned executive, with a proven ability to work across borders in Asia," Johnston said. "He has the leadership capability and entrepreneurial drive to exploit the tremendous opportunity we have in the APAC Region."

Baidwan joins Aimia from American Express, where he was most recently Chief Executive Officer for American Express Banking Corporation, India. Prior to his 10 years at American Express he spent six years at VISA and six years at Nestle in a range of roles across Australia, South East Asia, Japan, China and India. He was educated in India and completed his MBA at IIM Bangalore.

Shailesh will join Aimia on June 9th and be based at our Asian regional headquarters in Singapore.