Mumbai: Visa has appointed Suresh Sethi as its Group Country Manager for India and South Asia, placing him in charge of the company’s strategy and operations across India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and Bhutan.
Based in Mumbai, Sethi will report to Stephen Karpin, Visa’s Regional President for Asia Pacific. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who is moving on from Visa after four years in the role.
The appointment comes at a time when digital payments in India and South Asia continue to evolve rapidly, with scale, trust and innovation becoming central themes for companies operating in the sector.
Karpin said India and South Asia remain among Visa’s most dynamic and strategically important markets. He added that Sethi’s expertise and understanding of the payments ecosystem would help strengthen Visa’s ambition to be “the best way to pay and be paid.”
Sethi, in his statement, said he was joining Visa at a defining moment for digital payments in the region. He highlighted the role of secure, inclusive and high-impact payment solutions, while pointing to Visa’s global capabilities, partnerships and technology leadership as key strengths for the next phase of growth.
Sethi brings experience across financial services, innovation-led growth and digital public infrastructure. His career has covered India as well as 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, where he led the company’s shift into an agile, product-led Digital Public Infrastructure institution.
Before that, he was the founder CEO of India Post Payments Bank.
The leadership switch at Visa reflects continuity in its strategy with increased emphasis on alliances, government relations, and digital payments in South Asia. The payment environment of South Asia is getting increasingly diversified, and the experience of Sethi in building infrastructure and inclusive finance brings added weight to the appointment beyond an ordinary corporate restructuring.
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