Avinash Godkhindi is an International FinTech & Payments Leader with over the last two decades of experience in 12 countries across 5 continents. Avinash has worked in leadership roles in Digital Payments, FinTech and Cash Management businesses in Product, Sales, Marketing, Strategy, Technology and Operations roles with banks like Citibank, Barclays & ING Bank and FinTech companies like Zaggle, Misys & NIIT Technologies.

Avinash is currently the Co-Promoter, MD & CEO of Zaggle had has been leading the organization as the CEO since Feb 2012. The company is one of the few profitable FinTechs in India and successfully went IPO in September 2023. Prior to Zaggle, Avinash launched and ran the Citibank PremierMiles credit card in India as the Product Head for PremierMiles.

Avinash has done his Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Bangalore University and a Full time MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Avinash’s interests include a variety of sports, reading, music, current affairs, travelling, running and spending time with family & friends!