---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001607062-23-000248"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOPA"
cik: "0001817511"
company_name: "SOCIETY PASS INCORPORATED."
filed_at: "2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T22:50:14.128223+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Society Pass appoints Patrick Soetanto as COO; Pamela Aw-Young resigns but stays on special projects

## Summary
- Patrick Soetanto, 51, appointed COO effective May 1, 2023, replacing Pamela Aw-Young who resigned as COO same day.
- Aw-Young will continue with SOPA on special projects related to acquisitions.
- Soetanto was Indonesian General Manager for SOPA since 2022, working on multiple Indonesian acquisitions.
- Soetanto has over 20 years operations experience including director at South Pacific Viscose and setting up a logistics division.
- No family relationships or arrangements with any other persons in connection with his appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001607062-23-000248
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOPA
- cik: 0001817511
- company_name: SOCIETY PASS INCORPORATED.
- filed_at: 2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817511/000160706223000248/0001607062-23-000248-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817511/000160706223000248/sopa050423form8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick Soetanto was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at SOCIETY PASS INCORPORATED..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On May 1, 2023, Patrick Soetanto, 51, transitioned to the role of, and was appointed as, Chief Operating Officer of Society Pass Incorporated (“SOPA”) replacing Pamela Aw-Young who resigned as Chief Operating Officer on May 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817511/000160706223000248/0001607062-23-000248-index.htm
- Executive change
  Pamela Aw-Young resigned as Chief Operating Officer at SOCIETY PASS INCORPORATED..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Pamela Aw-Young who resigned as Chief Operating Officer on May 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817511/000160706223000248/0001607062-23-000248-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.