Rohit Katyal — CEO
Rohit Katyal is a senior business leader with over 26 years of experience building, scaling, and leading large FinTech, Payments, and BFSI platforms across India. He has held CXO and executive leadership roles across high-growth fintechs, payments leaders, and regulated financial institutions, with sustained ownership of P&L, enterprise growth, and market expansion. Currently, Rohit serves as VP & Head of Enterprise Business at Cashfree Payments, with full responsibility for the India enterprise P&L spanning BFSI, Government, and non-financial institutions. He leads national growth across payments, payouts, and verification businesses, partnering closely with product, engineering, risk, finance, and compliance teams to drive execution at scale. As Chief Business Officer – India at Phi Commerce, Rohit owned the full business P&L and architected vertical-led growth across TSP programs, banking alliances, and value-added services. He built deep partnerships with PSU and private banks, NPCI, Visa, Mastercard, and fintech ecosystems, delivering over 200% growth in VAS revenues. Earlier, as SVP & Group Head – Business at Easebuzz, he scaled the platform GMV, expanded the merchant base and launched Neo-banking and Lending businesses, and built a strong second-line leadership team. Across prior leadership roles at Razorpay, Droom Technology, Airtel Payments Bank (founding leadership team), Paytm, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Religare Insurance Broking, Tata Group, and ICICI Bank, Rohit has consistently built businesses from zero-to-scale, led pan-India teams of 50–250+ professionals, and executed marquee partnerships with banks, networks, regulators, and large enterprises. Rohit is known as a strategic operator who combines founder-level execution with board-ready thinking. His leadership style emphasizes clarity of vision, disciplined execution, regulatory pragmatism, and people-first culture to create durable, profitable growth.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with extensive experience in payments and business development.
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Experience: 24 yrs
Skills
- Business Development
- Go-to-market Strategy
- Business & Product Strategy
- P&l Ownership
Career Highlights
- Over 26 years of leadership in FinTech and Payments.
- Achieved over 200% growth in VAS revenues.
- Led national growth across payments and verification businesses.
Work Experience
Cashfree Payments
Head of Enterprise Business (1 yr 9 mos)
Phi Commerce Private Limited
Chief Business Officer (1 yr 1 mo)
Easebuzz
Group Head Business (1 yr 5 mos)
Senior Vice President and Group Head (1 yr 4 mos)
Razorpay
Director & Head of BFSI, Enterprise Sales (1 yr 5 mos)
Droom
Addl. Director - Droom Tech Insurance Broking (1 yr 1 mo)
Head - BFSI Enterprise and Fintech business (11 mos)
Senior Director - Enterprise Business & Alliances (1 yr 8 mos)
Airtel Payments Bank
Head - Merchant Acquisition & Alliances (1 yr 7 mos)
Paytm
National Sales- Payments Gateway & Wallet| Merchant Acquisition (1 yr 3 mos)
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Circle Sales Head | VP | Retail Banking (3 yrs 8 mos)
Religare Insurance Broking Ltd
National Head - Business Initiatives | Insurance Broking (2 yrs)
Tata Capital
AVP & Zonal Head ( North ) - Retail Distribution | Mutual Funds | Financial Services| Demat Products (3 yrs)
ICICI BANK
Regional Sales - Retail Liabilities (4 yrs)
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom at Delhi University
Composite Insurance Broking at National Insurance Academy, Pune
Business at IILM
