Raja Debnath is a Growth Hacker in MSME and Retail Banking and has advised over 40 financial institutions and Fintechs globally in the areas of Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Finance, Data Analytics and Non-Financial services. Earlier he was a Global SCF and SME Banking Advisory Specialist at International Finance Corporation and led projects across the Middle East and Asia Pacific. He joined IFC from EY where he was the MSME and Consumer banking Specialist in India. Prior to that, he had setup the unsecured MSME lending business at Kotak Mahindra Bank.
He is a Marshall Goldsmith certified Performance Coach, and an investor and mentor to multiple Fintechs. He has an MBA from the Said School of Business at Oxford University focused on Strategy and Finance and another MBA from JBIMS, Mumbai University focused on Marketing.
Rakesh is a thought leader, a trusted advisor and an innovation hub for banks and financial institutions. His expertise lies in Credit risk, Transaction banking, CRM and Business Intelligence. He headed South Asia, Middle East and Europe for analytical products & services at Oracle Financial Software Services for a decade. He then moved to Microsoft as their Head of Banking Industry in India. He later became the MD, South Asia for SunGard. In his last role he was the Head of business for South Asia at Intellect Design Arena.
Outspoken and candid, he has consulted banks in India and abroad, including Central Banks, on their Digital Transformation, Analytics and Risk Management. Currently he is mentoring several IT companies to build their market & product strategy. He is on the board of Cogence Labs and brings his immense experience in areas of lending and risk to the benefit of the customers.
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