Alok Desai

Alok Desai, CFA, has extensive work experience in the financial services industry. Alok currently works at Stripe as the Head of Financial Services, overseeing payments, BaaS, and the Stripe Network, as well as holding the position of Segment CFO for Risk, Finance, and Strategy. Prior to their time at Stripe, Desai held various leadership roles at Mastercard, including Vice President of Corporate Treasury & Risk Management and Vice President of Finance Business Partner. Alok also worked at Hankey Group as a Portfolio Manager and at Goldman Sachs as a Financial Analyst in Principal Investing. Desai began their career at Kotak Investment Banking as an Analyst in M&A.

Alok Desai, CFA, holds an MBA degree in Strategy, Finance & International Business from Columbia Business School. Alok is also a CFA Charterholder from the CFA Institute. Alok obtained their Bachelor's degree with honors in Financial Accounting from the University of Mumbai.