Peter De Caluwe

Peter De Caluwe is a global fintech and payments leader with decades of experience building, scaling, and investing in category-defining businesses across emerging and developed markets. Renowned as a fintech trailblazer and unicorn builder, he is currently the Group CEO of TransferTo and CEO of Thunes, DT One, and Ezra, three companies within the TransferTo Group.

Peter’s journey with TransferTo began as CEO of DT One back in 2017, a global network specialising in mobile top-up and data solutions. In January 2025, Peter returned as CEO of DT One, resuming direct leadership of the business to drive its next phase of growth.

He also incubated and scaled Thunes, a Singapore-based global payments network enabling seamless cross-border money movement. As CEO, Peter led Thunes from inception to rapid global expansion, building operations across 140+ markets, uniting high-performing teams 
representing 50+ nationalities across 14 global locations. Under his leadership, Thunes became Singapore’s first B2B payments infrastructure unicorn, with a strong focus on emerging markets. Peter returned as CEO of Thunes in August 2025, leading the company into its next stage of global scale and impact.

In 2018, Peter led the acquisition of Mode, which was later rebranded as Ezra. As Ezra’s first CEO, he restructured the business, restored profitability, and positioned it for sustainable growth before appointing a successor. Today, Peter has returned as CEO of Ezra, with the ambition of building it into the next unicorn within the group’s portfolio.

Prior to TransferTo, Peter co-founded and served as CEO of Ogone (now Ingenico ePayments), where he transformed the company from a startup into a global payments powerhouse. Ogone was successfully sold in 2012 for over US$500 million, marking one of Europe’s landmark fintech exits.

Following Ogone, Peter became CEO of Payments at Naspers, a global internet and technology investment group. In this role, he played a pivotal part in the launch and global expansion of PayU, helping establish it as one of the world’s leading fintech platforms.

Beyond his executive leadership, Peter is a highly active angel investor and mentor, supporting more than 30 startups across fintech, healthtech, and adtech throughout Asia-Pacific and Europe. Several of these businesses have since achieved unicorn status. He is also deeply committed to giving back, actively mentoring early-stage entrepreneurs as an Endeavour Entrepreneur and an SME BIG Mentor for local startups.

Peter holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing Management from KU Leuven in Belgium and is fluent in Dutch, English, French, and German. He is based in Singapore with his wife and two children and continues to champion entrepreneurship, innovation, and inclusive growth across global and emerging markets