We are the creators of our own evolution

Ritesh is a Thought Leader, IT executive & Board Advisor with two decades of global experience in Digital Technology, Business Transformation, and Operations with fortune 500 companies like HSBC, VISA, Maersk to name a few. Built & managed large organisations up to 1000 people and budgets up to £250Mn. He led milestone changes in Financial Services, Fin-tech, Shipping, Telecom, and Government. Driven future of payments for VISA, delivered Apple Pay for VISA & Apple. Led transformation at Maersk & introduced milestone changes in shipping industry like instant shipment booking platform & Blockchain for shipping.

Recently he was building an enabling function to create the bank of the future by transforming Platforms & Services – building a cloud-native organisation, simplifying & automating regulatory and compliance at HSBC.

Ritesh is an expert in Payments, Banking & Financial Services, Regulatory – KYC/AML, Open Banking/ PSD2, etc., high transaction platform and services, reduction in operational cost and optimisation, people and location strategy, and building people-focussed culture and organisation. 

He is a visiting lecturer, regular speaker & author, Diversity & Inclusion advocate, mentor to UK Parliament Digital Service & startups. Advisor to Harvard Business Review (HBR), Forbes Tech Council, Payment regulators and Government bodies for women empowerment, child rights protection, and working on initiatives in Social & Financial inclusion along with Open Banking in EU & Africa.