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Chocolate Finance: Strategic Hiring
Chocolate Finance appointed Shiv Sharma as Chief Business Officer in June 2026. Sharma brings experience from Stocktwits (President/COO), AWS, and Cisco. His mandate includes leading growth, finance, customer acquisition, strategic partnerships, and corporate development as the company scales beyond Singapore.
Source: Fintechnews Singapore
The leadership read
A deliberate hiring build-out is a statement of intent about Chocolate Finance's next phase in the sector. It points to deepening executive bench strength over the coming quarters, clustered around the capabilities being bet on. Across Asia, the seniority and function of the hires map where the company thinks it is headed.
Market context: Backdrop: a 105.8 (Hot) Talent Market Index (down 2.3 on the month) with Asia activity steady (+0.5pts).
Chocolate Finance: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 2 tracked across 89 days.
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