Revolut has doubled its headcount in India as the Citi fintech puts India at the center of its global expansion plans.
Paloma Chatterjee, chief executive officer of Revolut India, said staff numbers doubled to more than 3,000 between December 2022 and December 2023. financial news.
Chatterjee said the company has hired “top names” for its first product and engineering location outside London.
“We don't just build products for the Asia-Pacific market; [the] We will support the product development activities of our London office,” she said.
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Revolut's recent hires in India include retail platform Jumbotail Amarjeet Kumar, former vice president of financial services, who joined the fintech as head of strategy and operations in November 2023.
Girish Singh, who was previously Apac Head of Marketing and Growth at Uber for Business, joined Revolut India in April 2023 as Head of Growth.
“We have engineers from the Indian Institute of Technology and managers from the Indian Institute of Management,” Chatterjee said. [the] It is the best educational institution in India. ”
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Chatterjee added that the fintech company plans to further expand its team in India and is currently recruiting for dozens of roles, including data analysts, business risk managers, legal officers and finance officers.
Revolut has over 9,000 staff around the world. The London-based company entered the Indian market in 2021, announcing a multi-million pound investment in the country.
In April 2021, Revolut India started operations with a team of seven people. He now employs more than 3,000 people, around a third of Revolut's total workforce.
Revolut India is still testing its services, including the app, in the country, with 175,000 customers on a waiting list.
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