Paramdeep Singh

CEO

Delhi, India29 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 26+ years of leadership in Financial Services.
  • Founding member of SBI Card, leading fastest rollout in India.
  • Partner & Head of Asia Pacific at a $1.5B fintech.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech leader with extensive experience in BFSI and startup scaling.

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BankingBrand ManagementBusiness DevelopmentBusiness OperationsBusiness StrategyCRMCreditCredit CardsCustomer InsightCustomer RetentionDirect SalesFinTechFinancial ServicesGo-to-market StrategyInsurance

About

Paramdeep brings 26+ years of leadership in Financial Services, with top organizations including Intellect Design, SBI Life, GE Money, and HSBC. Extensive operating experience scaling startups & publicly-listed multinational companies across India & Asia Pacific, with direct reporting to CEOs and Boards. Proven BFSI track record driving business strategy, P&L management, product go-to-market, and leading large cross-functional teams across geographies. From launching SBI Card in 1998 as a founding member & leading the fastest credit-card rollout & user acquisition in Indian consumer finance history to currently scaling Intellect Design ($1.5B publicly-listed fintech) from inception as Partner & Head of Asia Pacific. Featured speaker across APAC on core banking, lending, digital transformation, and cards. An alumnus of BITS Pilani, XLRI Jamshedpur, and The Doon School, Paramdeep is also an active investor and advisor to startups. Always happy to connect with thoughtful & like-minded people— please include a brief note if we haven’t met.

Experience

Clinikally (yc s22)

Investor & Advisor

Jan 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · India

  • One of the first angels in an exciting Indian digital health startup focussed on dermatology & telemedicine. Backed by YC, Tribe Capital, Lux Capital, Sequoia Capital Scout Fund & founders of Dropbox, Shutterstock, CRED, ReNew Power.

Stage - ott for bharat

Investor

Jan 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · India

  • Netflix for Bharat.
  • Co-invested alongside Blume Ventures & founders of several unicorns.

Startups

Investor/Advisor

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · US & India · On-site

  • Biased towards mission-driven founders & boards solving widespread problems in financial services & consumer across India & SEA.
  • Long Tail Ventures
  • Clinikally (YC S22)
  • Zippee
  • 77Capital
  • TruNord Technologies
  • mewt
  • VidyutTech
  • ConsCent
  • STAGE
  • CarePay
  • Solfin
  • Finsire
  • mylapay
  • etc.

Zippee

Investor & Advisor

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · India

  • Early angel in a startup enabling quick commerce logistics for Ecommerce brands, from the ground up. Backed by $10B consumer giant Haldiram's & Indian unicorn founders.

Intellect design arena ltd

Partner & Head of Asia Pacific

Apr 2014Jan 2025 · 10 yrs 9 mos · Global

  • Indian fintech building SaaS products for progressive financial institutions globally.
  • Joined leadership team of Intellect at its inception in 2014, we're now a $1.5B publicly-listed company on India's National Stock Exchange (NSE: INTELLECT).
  • Trusted by leading institutions like Citi, Barclays, J.P. Morgan, HDFC and recognized by analysts at Gartner, Forrester, & IBS.

Polaris financial technology limited

Global Head- Core Banking & Lending

Apr 2014Mar 2015 · 11 mos · India

  • Leader for Core Banking, Lending, & Channels businesses globally with accountability for sales, product, & customer success. The company de-merged its product business into Intellect Design, which I joined.

Arete financial partners

Management Consulting

Apr 2013Mar 2014 · 11 mos · Singapore, Malaysia

  • Boutique Management Consulting for BFSI clients across Asia Pacific and Middle East. Led teams across India and Singapore offices.

Edtech startup

President; Advisor

Sep 2011Mar 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos · Delhi, India

  • Brought-in to lead P&L & business functions at one of India's earliest VC-backed B2B edtech startups, amidst challenging market cycle.

Sbi life insurance co. ltd.

Head of Product Strategy & Marketing

Apr 2009Feb 2011 · 1 yr 10 mos · India

  • Responsible for product development, strategy, marketing, & innovation at India's fastest growing private insurer. Generated $350M in premiums through new products & achieved #2 industry ranking amongst private insurers.
  • Launched unique “5% Higher than Highest NAV” proposition basis protection & returns insights & grew to India’s largest single Insurance product with $225M in premiums.
  • SBI Life was a joint-venture between State Bank of India & BNP Paribas; now a $12B publicly-listed company.

Ge capital

4 roles

Head- Insurance & Chief Marketing Officer

Feb 2008Feb 2009 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Business Leader for Insurance & Management Committee member for GE's Consumer Finance & Cards business ($2.3B in assets) in India during a period of complex regulations.
  • Developed & executed annual plans on new life/health product launches + premium/profitability targets. Led business development with industry CEOs.
  • Mentored 400+ high-performing employees in Sales, Marketing, Product Strategy, Operations and leaders across GE Money companies.

Chief Marketing Officer & Business Leader

Jan 2006Jan 2008 · 2 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • As member of India Leadership team, scaled Insurance P&L from Personal & Auto Loans, Card, and Mortgage businesses.
  • Introduced 'Everything Upfront' proposition & brought in sports legend MS Dhoni as GE's brand ambassador.

P&L Leader, GE Money & Vice-President, SBI Card

Promoted

Apr 2000Jan 2006 · 5 yrs 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Managed the team that made SBI Card the fastest to hit the 2 million cards mark in India.
  • Developed annual budgets, business plans, value propositions, revenue enhancement initiatives to consistently exceed profitability targets.
  • Established Insurance business across 5 NBFCs from scratch.

Marketing Manager (Founding Team)

Oct 1998Mar 2000 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Launched SBI Card as a founding member (GE's joint-venture with State Bank of India) & led the fastest rollout in Indian consumer finance history (1M customer base across 25 cities in under 36 months)
  • Developed GTM strategy, annual plans, marketing campaigns, & products from scratch to deliver highest receivables per card.

Hsbc

Senior Product Manager

Jun 1995Sep 1998 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Implemented growth plans to enhance card revenue through channel partners, delivered highest card spends in the industry.
  • Spearheaded 'HSBC Branch Power' campaign to boost branch-level visibility & brought in Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar as brand ambassador.

Unilever

Area Sales Manager

May 1991May 1995 · 4 yrs · India

  • Management Trainee recruited out of XLRI

Education

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

BS — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

XLRI Jamshedpur

MBA — Marketing & Finance

Cambridge Judge Business School

Executive Leadership Programme

Jan 2020Present

The Doon School

High School

Jan 1980Jan 1985

Indian School of Business

Strategic Leadership Program

Jan 2010Jan 2010

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