Ashok Valiram Vaswani

Ashok Valiram Vaswani is the founder of Lend-A-hand India.
Current jobs include Chief Executive Officer, MD & Director at Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. since 2024, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer at Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Custodian) since 2024, Director at The Clearing House, Director at Newta Ltd. since 2017, and Director at Pratham Uk.
Former jobs include Chief Executive Officer-Asia Pacific at Citigroup, Inc. from 1999 to 2007, Chief Executive Officer-Retail & Business Banking at Barclays PLC from 2010 to 2019, Chief Executive Officer-Consumer Bank at Citibank India Ltd., Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Barclays Bank UK Plc from 2017 to 2019, Chairman at EnterCard Norge, Filial av EnterCard Group AB, Non-Executive Director at Absa Group Ltd. from 2013 to 2017, Director at Telenor ASA from 2016 to 2017, Director at ABSA Bank Ltd., Director at Zedra Trust Co. (UK) Ltd. in 2016, Director at UK Finance, Independent Non-Executive Director at London Stock Exchange Group plc from 2021 to 2024, Director at Visa International (Asia Pacific) Ltd., Director at Visa (UK) Ltd., Director at S P Jain School of Global Management Pte Ltd., Director at The Forward Institute, Partner at Brysam Global Advisors LLC, President at Pagaya Technologies Ltd. from 2022 to 2023, and Chief Administrator Officer at Citi Cards Canada Holding Corp.
from 1987 to 2007.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics conferred in 1981 and a graduate degree from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.