Our companies

PayAsia

PayAsia is strategically headquartered in Singapore, with 183 employees located across 13 countries. Our clients are typically multinational companies, with a significant number of headquartered regionally in Singapore who have employees in multiple countries. We contract around ninety percent of our clients from Singapore for their regional delivery. Our contracts are for an initial 3-year period, with automated renewals. Our retention rate is over 95%. PayGroup operates as a trusted partner to deploy SaaS, together with providing a critical services element of Payroll and HR outsourcing, being SwaS (Software with a Service – equivalent to “BPO Services”). Included in our SwaS are banking and treasury services, lodgments of statutory, taxation, superannuation, pension, provident funds, and other social benefit submissions. Beyond the SwaS services, PayGroup’s SaaS HCM software “HROnline” supports clients in managing aspects of their employees’ life cycle, plus regional and mobile-enabled workflows for critical processes (such as employee and manager self-service, leave management and expense management). SwaS covers the provision of “Payroll Services” to businesses ranging in size from micro (<10 client employees) to large (>10,000 client employees), for delivery across 2 to 24 countries. “HCM Software Market” services including software solutions for human resources (HR) administration functions, expense management, electronic payslips, leave management, workflow and employee updates. These can be deployed in the “Cloud” to businesses of all sizes anywhere in the world.

Astute Payroll​

Astute Payroll is an award-winning software platform, leading the way in simplifying complex workforces across Australia and New Zealand. Experience streamlined automation at its best, with onboarding, award interpretation, payroll, invoicing and compliant real-time reporting to the ATO and IRD. Integrations with industry-leading Recruitment Management Systems and GL Accounting Systems allows us to deliver an end to end solution to our clients, with seamless and secure data flow between platforms.

Payroll HQ

Collectively the Payroll HQ team have over 100 years of payroll management experience. They know what businesses need to successfully manage their payroll operation and work side by side with their customers to make sure they are successfully set up on their platforms. With Payroll HQ you are not just outsourcing your payroll, you are also working with a partner that can help you making sure that your payroll is compliant with all state and federal legislation. Payroll HQ is headquartered in Sydney, Australia and provides a full SwaS payroll outsourcing solution for its clients, and processes in excess of 120,000 payslips per annum. Payroll HQ has over 100 current corporate clients including companies such as Alstom, BBC Studios and ASICS Oceania with high client retention.

Astute Payroll is a modern cloud-based system delivering a powerful, flexible, and easy to use solution, accessible anywhere there’s an internet connection. The system supports all interactions between you, your permanent and contingent workforce, your suppliers, and your clients. 

Integrated Workforce Solutions

IWS are Australia’s first provider of a Unified Franchise Management Solution. They’ve been in franchise and retail so they understand the need to bring together payroll, rostering, bookkeeping and compliance with support and expertise. They provide a world-class cloud-based SwaS and give clients an all-in-one solution, providing visibility of your business through a single portal, freeing you up from running the business so you can grow your business.

IWS provides you with a hassle-free technology solution backed by specialist payroll expertise, outstanding customer service, and value for money. 

Franck Neron-Bancel

Executive Director

Franck joined PayAsia in May 2017 as an Executive Director and was appointed to the Board in July 2017 as Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer. Franck has over 21 years’ industry experience in global HCM and payroll services with global leader Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADP). Franck’s tenure at ADP culminated in the role of Senior Vice President Strategic Account Management (2013‑2017), with reporting to the ADP Global Enterprise Solutions President. Franck holds a Bachelor’s Degree (General Management, Finance & Marketing) from KEDGE Business School and is based in New York, United States of America.

Shane Gild

Non-Executive Director

Shane was appointed to the Board on the 2nd of November 2020 as an independent Non-Executive Director. With 22 years of equity capital market experiences and having recently left the Corporate Finance team at Canaccord Genuity, Shane has worked with a number of ASX emerging growth companies and institutional investors over his career. In addition to a successful 8 years at Canaccord, he worked for many years at Deutsche Bank in both Australia and London and was a senior member of the Equities executive team. In addition, Shane brings his experience with M&A strategy implementation and investor relations to the board of PayGroup. Shane Gild is an independent Director as in the Board’s view he is free from any business or other relationship that could materially interfere with or reasonably be perceived to materially interfere with the independent exercise of his judgement.

DAVID FAGAN

Non-Executive Chairman (independent)

David was appointed to the Board in November 2017 as a Non Executive Director. He will Chair the Audit and Risk Committee. David has over 38 years’ experience in law practice including 30 years with Clayton Utz culminating in the role of Board Member and National Chief Executive Partner (2001-2010). David holds both a Bachelor and Master of Laws from University of Melbourne and is based in Melbourne, Australia. David Fagan is an independent Director as in the Board’s view he is free from any business or other relationship that could materially interfere with or reasonably be perceived to materially interfere with the independent exercise of his judgement.

IAN BASSER

Non-Executive Chairman (independent)

Ian was appointed to the Board in November 2017 as an independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman. Ian has over 28 years’ experience in starting, running and building service companies around the world including Australia, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, USA, UK and Europe. He was Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Chandler Macleod Group Limited until August 2012. Prior to joining Chandler Macleod, he spent four years establishing and developing the Mettle Group as a strategic leadership and culture consultancy. Prior to Mettle Group, Ian was a main board director and Group Managing Director of Harvey Nash running operations in the UK, Europe and Asia and is based in Melbourne Australia. Prior to Harvey Nash, he was on the global management team of Michael Page International building operations in Australia, Asia and North America. Ian Basser is an independent Director as in the Board’s view he is free from any business or other relationship that could materially interfere with or reasonably be perceived to materially interfere with the independent exercise of his judgement.

Mark Samlal

Managing Director

Mark co-founded PayAsia in 2006 where he was Non-Executive Chairman until being appointed to the role of Executive Chairman and Managing Director of PayAsia in July 2015. In July 2017, he was appointed to the Board and to the role of Managing Director of the Group. Mark has over 22 years experience in leadership roles in Asia Pacific including being a Director and General Manager of ADP in Asia Australia (1999-2003). His previous senior roles included Chief Executive Officer VicPlas Ltd a Singapore Stock Exchange listed company in (2008-2014) and Executive Director of Omni Industries in Singapore (2006‑2008). Mark is affiliated with the major shareholder and is based in Singapore.