About Gitesh Athavale

With over 20 years of experience in the payments and fintech industry, Gitesh Athavale is a seasoned leader and innovator who is passionate about building and delivering cutting-edge solutions that solve real-world problems and create value for customers and stakeholders. He currently serves as the VP of Sales for APAC at Nium, a global platform that enables fast, transparent, and secure payments across borders. In this role, Gitesh Athavale is responsible for driving new business development and strategic partnerships with banks, financial institutions, fintechs, and other players in the region, leveraging his expertise in blockchain and AI technologies, card issuing and acquiring, BIN sponsorship, and co-brands. He also oversees the sales team and ensures that they meet and exceed revenue and growth targets, while maintaining strong relationships with existing and potential clients. Previously, he was the Head of Products for Cards at Nium, where he led the end-to-end product lifecycle and management of various card products, from ideation to launch to optimization. Prior to that, he was the CEO for Southeast Asia at LINKA, a blockchain and AI-based credit, payments, and remittance platform.