Fintech firm Mpower Financing announced the appointment of Jatin Rajput will step down from the board of Mpower. He will be replaced in the board by Rob Partlow, Mpower?s previous CFO, who is retiring from full-time service, the student loan provider said in a statement. Rajput has served on Mpower?s board since 2020.

He has about 25 years of experience in strategy, M&A, and investments for both publicly traded and emerging global firms. Most recently, Rajput was CFO of Deskera, a B2B SaaS platform, and founded Ad-In Ventures, which invests in and advises fintech firms across the US and Asia. Prior to that, he was a managing director at Deutsche Bank for 12 years, during which he led corporate M&A and strategy and planning for the Americas and Asia Pacific.Rajut began his career with Arthur Andersen, followed by management consulting at Marakon Associates in London. He also served on a World Bank project in Afghanistan.Rajput holds an MBA from Insead and is a Indian chartered accountant, serving as a strategic advisor to several growth companies.