Kartik Taneja | Executive Vice President, Head of Payments & Consumer Lending
Mashreq Bank

Kartik Taneja   Kartik has led large and complex businesses in the payments and lending space. He currently leads payments and consumer lending at Mashreq bank, in addition to his role as executive chairman at Neopay – one of the top 5 payments businesses in the MENA region. His previous assignment was to lead the global  credit cards and personal loans business at Standard Chartered. In this role, he drove strategy and multi-market product engineering and business initiatives across 24 Asian and African markets.   Prior to this, Kartik led the regional cards and loans business at Standard Chartered for the ASEAN region and has held GM roles in multiple Asian markets.    Kartik credits his success to his exposure to multiple verticals besides P&L Management- such as Analytics, Risk Management, Marketing and Sales. He is passionate about combining data, technology and customer insight to experimentation leading to creative and profitable new products and services.   Kartik holds an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies at the University of Delhi, A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Delhi Technological University. He also has completed management programs from Harvard and Oxford. Kartik believes in pursuing truth, beauty and adventure.