Jayant Walia

Jayant Walia's work experience includes:

- Director of Business Development at Gainbridge, where they led business development and go-to-market strategies, managing $60+ billion in assets under management. Jayant focused on making retirement savings more accessible and supporting Fintechs in diversifying their product offerings and revenue stream.

- Senior Manager of Business Development and Strategy - Fintech at Marqeta, Inc from February 2021 to April 2023.

- Special Projects (Harvard Internship) at Capital Bay, where they strategized product line expansion for a Malaysian SME lending fintech start-up.

- Private Equity Summer Associate (Harvard Internship) at J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC, where they delivered LBO models and analyzed potential investment opportunities in the US financial services sector.

- Manager - Group Funding, Strategy and Operations at Bharti Airtel, where they led cross-functional special projects across Investments, M&A, and Finance, with a focus on Airtel's fintech initiatives in Africa.

- Volunteer at Bharti Foundation in 2014.

- Audit Professional at PwC, where they served multi-industry clients and successfully delivered statutory audit and tax compliance projects for publicly listed companies in India.

Jayant Walia has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Harvard Business School, which was earned between 2018 and 2020. Prior to that, they completed a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree with Honors at Delhi University from 2009 to 2013. Additionally, they obtained a degree as a Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India during the same period, focusing on Accounting and Finance.