Santosh Vaidya

Santosh Vaidya is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in the financial sector, currently serving as Senior Vice President and Head of Payments and Digital Services at Mashreq since October 2014. Prior roles include Vice President at Barclays Bank, where responsibilities encompassed leading digital projects across 12 countries in Africa, enhancing operational efficiency, and managing development teams. Earlier positions at HSBC, ICICI Bank, and BASIX focused on technology solutions for retail channels and project management. Santosh holds a postgraduate degree in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning from Purdue University and a post-graduate degree in Information Technology from Manipal University, along with a degree in Electronics from Gulbarga University.