Former Barclays MD Ashwini Kapila joins GetSetUp to promote business expansion
- ByStartupStory | December 7, 2022
Ashwini Kapila, a seasoned banker and former FIG Head of Barclays, has been appointed as Managing Director, Business Development and Partnerships for India by GetSetUp, the fastest-growing virtual social learning platform in the world for older adults. Kapila joined the company as an early advisor and contributes his wealth of knowledge from managing business expansion for nearly three decades. Kapila will be in charge of promoting partnership and business growth at GetSetUp in India.
GetSetUp was established in 2019 to provide older persons with economic, social, and educational opportunities. With more than 4.6 million customers from 160 countries and more than 100 partners, including financial institutions, health plans, and governments, the company has experienced substantial growth. In addition to the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom, GetSetUp also has localised websites in India. The platform provides daily classes in English and regional tongues like Hindi, Tamil, and Gujarati for Indian learners on topics like fitness, well-being, technology skills, entrepreneurship, and community engagement among others.
“India’s adult population is ageing quickly, and they are searching for ways to age actively and opportunities after retirement, whether it is through employment, digital adoption, or health and fitness. With its peer-to-peer learning, community activities, involvement, and sociability, GetSetUp fill a significant need, according to Kapila, who recently decided to rejoin the organisation.
Seniors now have the resources (money, time, and interest) to act independently and have more fulfilling lives. With my expertise in creating fruitful alliances, it will be my objective to promote these opportunities and aid the platform in expanding, he continued.
“We are thrilled to have Ashwini join us full-time after advising us for the past few years, to extend our partnerships and accelerate our mission,” said Deval Delivala, co-founder of GetSetUp, in response to the appointment. Our Indian community is excited to learn online, connect with peers, pursue careers, gather together to share passions, and engage in social interactions with like-minded individuals. A larger community can benefit from this if the right partners are involved. His knowledge will aid us in identifying these collaborators who genuinely care about improving the well-being and quality of life of senior citizens.
After spending 21 years as the managing director of FI (Financial Institutions) Coverage at Barclays Investment Bank, Kapila retired in November 2022 after leading fundraising efforts for corporations and financial institutions totalling more than $100 billion. He has had success negotiating mergers and acquisitions on behalf of clients, and he has already begun working with GetSetUp on significant partnerships with businesses like ICICI Prudential and HDFC Life, to name a couple.
GetSetUp works with partners in all markets, including governmental organisations, businesses, banks, and significant health insurers, as its effect continues to grow. To address the pervasive social isolation, loss of independence, and lack of economic opportunity that can adversely influence the health and life expectancy of senior populations, these organisations turn to GetSetUp’s virtual social learning platform. An innovative strategy for addressing these acknowledged social determinants of health is group-based interactive engagement and learning. Older folks become more technologically literate and have access to tools that enable them to learn new things, get fitter, express their creativity, and even go back to work. Some students are hired as guides on the platform to assist in teaching others because they are so engaged.
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