Meet the humans that make Pipli , Intelligent.

Avijit Nanda

Founder / CEO

 

I am passionate about innovation and challenging the status quo to continuously build the future of fintech. I have spent over 25 years of my life trying to answer two questions: what do customers want and how do they want it?

These two questions– and their constantly evolving answers– have driven me in my career from leadership roles in HSBC and ICICI Banks to being the CEO of TimesofMoney, a global payments business. This customer driven outlook has seen me take some major leaps like engineering TimesofMoney’s acquisition twice and also led me to major gains such as creating significant shareholder value and driving exponential growth.

It is my customer-driven business ethos which finally led me to Pipli. I want to challenge myself as well as the industry to delve even deeper into the customer-business relationship. To be able to facilitate business decisions on the basis of direct information provided by customers in the form of data; this cutting edge of tech, business, and consumer relations is where I find myself now after my career journey of listening to the customer in order to build the future of business.

I graduated with honours in physics and did a dual specialization MBA in finance and marketing form TAPMI. When I am not thinking products, I love mentoring new ventures, travelling and strumming RDB tunes on Hobner, my 40 year old guitar.

Tilak Pati

Co-founder / CSO

Having worked for so many years across various companies, countries and industries, I realized it was the right time for me to be a part of a new venture - to experience the challenge of building something from scratch and relishing the prospect of seeing it grow. I see Pipli improving lives by using emerging technologies like AI, ML, NLP etc. and making it simple and accessible to everyone. 

My expertise in heading projects globally brings the right mix for developing and executing Pipli’s strategic roadmap in India and internationally, and building an ecosystem to foster business growth. Before coming onboard Pipli, I spent over 12 years with Arthur D. Little, where I was also involved in creating and implementing sectoral policies as part of KSA Vision 2030.

Being an engineer from BITS Pilani and a gaming aficionado, it was a dream come true to work on PS2 while working with IBM; post which I completed my MBA from IIM-B. I am a new parent and spending time with my baby girl makes my world tick.

Supported by Senior Advisors

  • Srinivas Baratam

    25+ years experience in Tech VC, PE, Investment Banking and fundraising

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  • Dilip Ratha

    Lead Economist at World Bank and Head of KNOMAD with 20 years global experience

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  • Aneish Kumar

    40+ years experience in banking, investments and technology as ex-MD Bank of New York, India

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  • Thomas Kuruvilla

    25+ years of management consulting experience in GCC and Middle East

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  • Ashok Patil

    25+ years experience as financial strategy and senior management professional globally

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  • Debi Mishra

    Executive Leader with proven ability to vision ground breaking technologies, products and large scale cloud services and bring it to market. Filed over 50 patents with nearly 30 patents granted.

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  • Gokul C Pati

    Ex-Secretary of Defense, Government of India with 35+ years of public policy experience