TNS names Michael Johnson global managing director for payments market business

• TNS named Michael Johnson global managing director for its Payments Market business, tasked with strategy-setting and driving growth.
• Johnson joined in 2017 as vice president of APAC operations, overseeing network operations across the Asia Pacific region.
• He became managing director for Asia Pacific Payments in 2018, later taking responsibility for the ADVAM solutions suite.
• Before TNS, Johnson spent 15 years at First Data Australia and New Zealand, rising to vice president of global service delivery.
• He also served as CEO of PAX Technology Australia, starting his career as a project manager at Centrica Telecommunications in London.

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