BankBazaar.com, India's leading financial website, has announced the appointment of Navin Chandani as Chief Business Development Officer. Chandani was previously the Senior Director and Head -Segment Solutions & Consumer Experiences - India and South Asia at Visa.
Chandani's appointment follows a series of recent high-profile additions to BankBazaar's team in the last six months. These include Aman Narain (previously the Global Head of Digital Banking at Standard Chartered Bank) as the CEO of BankBazaar International, Murari Sridharan (previously GM - Engineering, at Microsoft Redmond) as the CTO, and N C Vishwanathan (previously the Head of Partner Relationship Management at SBI) as Head of Business Operations.
These appointments come at a time when there is a steady drain of high-profile executives who are moving out of the start-up space to more established industries.
"Every pioneering vision needs a strong team to champion it. More importantly, you need a team that believes in your vision, in your technology, and your business plan. I believe that industry stalwarts understand and can relate to the direction the industry and our organization is taking, and that is the reason we have been successful in attracting and retaining such talent. BankBazaar.com is on a growth track, and we are thrilled to have people like Navin to support us in this phase," said Adhil Shetty, BankBazaar co-founder and CEO.
Based in Mumbai, Chandani will be responsible for business development and getting more partners for the marketplace. A veteran of financial services in the digital era, Chandani previously managed Large & Mid Corporate, Small Business, Traveller, Affluent & Millennial segments for VISA's India and South Asia operations as the Senior Director.
Chandani is an alumnus of Loyola College and Symbiosis International University, and comes with more than 20 years' experience in leading high performing sales, relationship, and product management teams in payments, financial services, and digital marketing.
Chandani said: "Globally, Fintech & Financial institution partnerships are on the rise. The future of banking, influenced by technology and spurred by customer demand, is online, digital, and instant... So from my perspective, this is the right time and the perfect organization to be part of that is partnering financial institutions in making them more successful."
