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Rohan is a seasoned product leader with 17 years of experience across a range of startups.
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Prior to joining BharatPe, Rohan was the Managing Director at FairMoney India.
Bengaluru, February 1, 2024: BharatPe Group, India’s leading name in the fintech ecosystem, has announced the appointment of Rohan Khara as the Chief Product Officer. In his new role, Rohan will be leading product development and innovation, the design of merchant and consumer products, and user research teams across the BharatPe Group of companies. Prior to joining BharatPe, Rohan was the Managing Director at FairMoney India. Rohan will be reporting to Nalin Negi, Chief Financial Officer and interim CEO, BharatPe.
Rohan is a renowned name in the startup world, having 17 years of rich experience across various facets of product management, design, and innovation. A startup veteran, Rohan has spent the last 8 years building and scaling financial services products across fintech startups in three emerging markets: India, Indonesia, and Nigeria. During his professional journey, he has led product roles across a range of startups, including MobiKwik and Quikr. Rohan has also been the Chief Product Officer (CPO) at FairMoney for the Nigeria and India markets before he was elevated to MD for its India business. As CPO at FairMoney, Rohan launched the FairMoney digital bank in Nigeria and scaled it to 3 million+ bank accounts with products like savings accounts, debit cards, airtime and bill payments, and instant bank transfers. He also built and scaled the entire product function of the company across Paris, Latvia, Nigeria, and India. Rohan has also been the co-founder of Gojek’s Financial Services Business Unit in Jakarta (Indonesia). At Gojek, he was responsible for setting up the entire team of product managers, designers, and researchers across six cities and four countries (Jakarta, Bali, Singapore, Bangkok, Bangalore, and Pune). He led the team that built PayLater from scratch and scaled it to 2 million+ users with very high retention and the highest NPS score across all Gojek consumer products. Rohan has completed his Master of Science in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
Commenting on the appointment, Nalin Negi, CFO and interim CEO, BharatPe, said, “The fintech industry is extremely competitive and will continue to thrive on agility and disruptive products that solve for various use cases. At BharatPe, we have stayed focused on building products that are disruptive, easy to use, secure, and relevant to merchants as well as consumers. Rohan’s extensive experience will be instrumental in BharatPe’s product innovation play, catapulting our growth to the next level as we continue with our journey to empower millions of merchants and customers. I would like to welcome Rohan to the leadership team. I am confident that Rohan’s in-depth understanding of financial services, accompanied by his strategic vision and entrepreneurial mindset, will help us build the best-in-class fintech products that will give us a differentiated edge.”
Rohan Khara, Chief Product Officer, BharatPe Group, added, “BharatPe is one of the few fintechs in the country that have stayed firm on their commitment to driving financial inclusion across the country. Right from their first disruptive product, the UPI QR with zero fees, BharatPe has been at the forefront of driving digital payments. I am excited to join the talented team and be a part of their mission to build for Bharat while continuing to push the financial inclusion charter. My focus as the CPO will not only be to build innovative products that drive immense value for our end users (merchants and consumers), but also to balance innovation with fiscal prudence. We will continue to launch new products that cater to the requirements of our target segments while driving business value by adding to the bottom line.”
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