Ashok Valiram Vaswani

Ashok Valiram Vaswani is the founder of Lend-A-hand India.
Currently, Mr. Vaswani is 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 UK Finance Ltd. since 2017, and Director at Pratham Uk.
Formerly, Mr. Vaswani was 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 & Executive Director at Barclays Bank UK Plc from 2017 to 2019, President at Pagaya Technologies Ltd. from 2022 to 2023, Chief Administrator Officer at Citi Cards Canada Holding Corp.
from 1987 to 2007, Non-Executive Director at Absa Group Ltd. from 2013 to 2017, Director at Telenor ASA from 2016 to 2017, Independent Non-Executive Director at London Stock Exchange Group Plc from 2021 to 2024, and held various director and chairman roles at firms including Citibank India Ltd., EnterCard Norge, Filial av EnterCard Group AB, ABSA Bank Ltd., Zedra Trust Co. (UK) Ltd., UK Finance Corp.
Ltd., Visa International (Asia Pacific) Ltd., Visa (UK) Ltd., S P Jain School of Global Management Pte Ltd., The Forward Institute, Brysam Global Advisors LLC, and Citizens Advice Ltd. Education includes an undergraduate degree from Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics in 1981 and a graduate degree from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.