With effect from January 1, Mastercard has hired Gautam Aggarwal as Division President for South Asia and Country Corporate Officer, India. He replaces Nikhil Sahni, who is moving into a new regional position within the organisation. With his new role, Aggarwal will be in charge of all Mastercard operations in South Asia and India, including marketing, product management, interactions with clients and authorities, and more. In addition, he will oversee operations across the subcontinent, including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, the Maldives, and Bhutan in addition to India, as the head of the South Asia division of the payment technology company, based in Mumbai. With more than ten years of expertise in technology, sales and business development, product management, strategy, and M&A, Aggarwal joined Mastercard in 2014.
“With more than two decades of technology, innovation, and commercial market experience, Gautam brings a strong multidisciplinary background and global perspective to addressing regional priorities. Combined with his Mastercard know-how gleaned from his eight years with the company that saw him spearheading a number of strategic initiatives and countless technology investments, he is uniquely equipped to ensure that Mastercard is poised to tackle the range of opportunities and challenges ahead,” said Ari Sarker, President, Asia Pacific, Mastercard. “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.”
"With more than two decades of technology, innovation, and commercial market experience, gautam brings a strong multidisciplinary background and global perspective to addressing regional priorities"
“I am incredibly energized to steward Mastercard’s South Asia division which includes some of the fastest growing, most dynamic economies in the world. With the India growth story in particular being closely watched globally, Mastercard is committed to doing all that it can to enable the government’s Digital India vision by investing the full breadth of its resources – people, data, services, technology, philanthropy to support the country’s long term inclusive growth,” said Aggarwal.