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Naspers appoints Anirban Mukherjee as CEO of PayU India

Anirban also joins PayU’s global fintech leadership team, driving new initiatives and investments across high-growth markets.

Naspers-owned PayU, a leading online payments service provider, today announced the appointment of Anirban Mukherjee as Chief Executive Officer of PayU India, reporting to Laurent Le Moal, CEO, PayU Global.

In his new role, Anirban will be responsible for all the operations and business lines of PayU India. Anirban will also lead PayU into new fintech product categories that are aligned with PayU’s global strategy, such as remittances and credit.

Laurent Le Moal, CEO, PayU Global, said, “Attracting someone of Anirban’s calibre into the business is a great endorsement of our strategy and ambition. We are very pleased to have Anirban on board as a part of PayU's Global Leadership team and I look forward to us benefitting from his wealth of knowledge and experience as we push through our next phase of innovation, focused on payments, credit, and fintech investments”.

Naspers appoints Anirban Mukherjee as CEO of PayU India

Anirban Mukherjee

Commenting on his appointment, Anirban Mukherjee said, “PayU has a great global culture, amazing market capability and a strategy that has led the company to become one of the most exciting companies in the fintech industry. I can't wait to lead PayU India into our next phase of growth, where we will combine business and product innovation to unlock future growth opportunities and build a robust credit ecosystem in India”.

Anirban joins PayU from Jio where he was part of the leadership team responsible for driving payments, merchant services, and digital financial services and was the Co-CEO of Reliance Payments Solution Ltd. Prior to Jio, he worked with Standard Chartered Bank in India and APAC and with CapitalOne as a senior executive leader in the US. He has an MBA degree from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and is an alumnus of IIT, Kharagpur.

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