Mastercard appoints Gautam Aggarwal as Division President, South Asia & Country Corporate Officer, India
- ByStartupStory | January 6, 2023
Mastercard has announced the appointment of Gautam Aggarwal as Division President for South Asia & Country Corporate Officer, India, effective from January 1. Gautam takes the role from Nikhil Sahni, who is assuming a new regional role within the company.
In his new role, Gautam will oversee all of Mastercard’s activities across South Asia and India,including product management, engagements with customers and regulators,marketing and more. In addition, as head of the payment technology firm’s South Asia division, based out of Mumbai, he will lead operations across the sub-continent, covering Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives and Bhutan, in addition to India.
Gautam Aggarwal stated in an interview “I am incredibly energized to steward Mastercard’s South Asia division which includes some of the fastest growing, most dynamic economies in the world,” Before joining Mastercard, Gautam worked in Silicon Valley start-ups for eight years before moving on to a four-year stint at McKinsey and Company in New York, USA.
Most recently, from 2019-2022, he served as Regional Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific, spearheading Mastercard’s $1 billion+ technology investments in key markets including India, Australia, China, Japan and Southeast Asia.
Ari Sarker, President, Asia Pacific, Mastercard commented on this ““As the company enters the next phase of its growth journey in South Asia, we look forward to deepening partnerships with stakeholders in India and across the sub-continent under Gautam’s leadership,”
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