

Strategic Payments & Financial Services leader with 20 years of experience in BFSI, fintech, and payments ecosystems. As Director – Strategic Partnerships, leads large-scale alliances with acquiring banks and fintech partners to drive revenue growth and optimize profitability. Expertise in stakeholder management, commercial negotiations, and building scalable partnership models that prioritize compliance and customer needs.
Orchestrated strategic alliances with banks, card schemes, and fintech partners for Worldline’s payment aggregator for POS, PG & PACB for all payment modes.
Supervised partner lifecycle management, serving as the sole contact for internal stakeholders.
Negotiated competitively priced contracts to improve profitability and unit economics.
Led strategic data analyses, delivering presentations to senior leadership on business cases.
Guided a high-performing partnerships team through mentorship and effective management.
Directed pan-India sales and marketing team of over 50 employees, achieving monthly revenue of 2.3 crore.
Managed corporate engagement performance and brand marketing, contributing to 30% of quarterly revenue.
Revamped business model and strategy to enhance responsiveness and market alignment.
Developed governance models and internal controls to drive continuous improvement in metrics and performance management.
Identified and networked with financially robust channel partners, creating competitive pricing and revenue-sharing models.
Established first-of-its-kind offline channel business and franchise model across 45+ cities, generating 200+ leads daily.