Visa appoints Suresh as South Asia group country manager

Visa, a global leader in digital payments, has appointed Suresh Sethi as group country manager for India, Bangladesh and South Asia.

In this role, Suresh will lead Visa’s strategy and operations across India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Maldives and Bhutan.

Suresh succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who is leaving Visa to pursue other opportunities. Based in Mumbai, Suresh will report to Stephen Karpin, regional president for Asia Pacific at Visa, according to a press release.

Prior to this appointment, Suresh was the founder and CEO of India Post Payments Bank, where he built one of the world’s largest financial inclusion models by leveraging the extensive network of India Post to deliver doorstep banking services across the country.

This significantly expanded access to formal banking, particularly in underserved and rural areas.

Over the course of his career, he has held senior leadership roles driving innovation and ecosystem-led growth across the financial sector.

His experience spans India and key international markets, including Africa, Latin America, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Most recently, he served as managing director and CEO of Protean e-Gov Technologies Ltd, where he led its transformation into an agile, product-led digital public infrastructure (DPI) institution.

Earlier in his career, Suresh held senior leadership roles as managing director and CEO of Vodafone M-Pesa India, group president at YES Bank, and multiple regional leadership positions at Citigroup, where he led transaction banking and payments businesses across several geographies.