Radian Group Inc. announced that Sumita Pandit has been appointed Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer effective March 6, 2023. Reporting to Radian's Chief Executive Officer Rick Thornberry, she will join the company's executive leadership team and lead activities associated with developing and implementing the company's long-term strategic growth plans. Pandit joins Radian after serving as the Chief Operating Officer of global digital payment company, dLocal, since 2021.

Previously, Pandit was a Managing Director and Global Head of Fintech Investment Banking for J.P. Morgan. Prior to J.P. Morgan, Pandit worked at Goldman Sachs. During her investment banking career, she advised some of the world's most transformational companies across industry verticals including fintech, proptech, insurtech, financial software and neo-banks.

In 2021, she was named to the Top 25 Women Leaders in Financial Technology list by The Financial Technology Report. She serves on the board of Pushpay, a public company that offers donor engagement software to non-profits. Pandit earned an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Palmer Scholar, and earned her undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, India.