Gurugram, Haryana, India, January 2026 — Saujanya Shrivastava has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer – New Initiatives at Paytm, strengthening the company’s leadership as it accelerates its focus on building and scaling new growth avenues. In his new role, Saujanya will lead Paytm’s new initiatives, driving strategy, innovation, and execution across emerging businesses from its Gurugram base.
Prior to joining Paytm, Saujanya spent over a decade with MakeMyTrip and Goibibo, where he held multiple senior leadership roles. These included serving as Chief Operating Officer – Flights, Holidays, Gulf and B2B, Chief Operating Officer – Flights SBU & Gulf, and earlier as Group Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Growth Products. During this period, he played a pivotal role in scaling core travel businesses, driving growth products, and strengthening operational excellence across multiple geographies.
Earlier in his career, Saujanya served as Chief Marketing Officer at Bharti AXA Life Insurance, where he led brand strategy, digital business, online sales, customer management, and service functions. He also held the role of Vice President – Marketing at PepsiCo, where he was custodian of flagship brands and led some of the company’s most iconic marketing and innovation initiatives in India. His professional journey further includes leadership assignments at Citibank and Mondelez India (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.), building a strong foundation across marketing, growth, and consumer businesses.
Saujanya holds a PGDBM in Marketing and Finance from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, and brings nearly three decades of leadership experience across marketing, growth, and operations to Paytm’s evolving portfolio of new initiatives.
About Paytm
Paytm started the digital payments revolution in India and has grown into one of the country’s leading financial technology platforms. Today, Paytm powers millions of merchants and businesses to accept digital payments and serves hundreds of millions of consumers across payments, financial services, ticketing, and commerce. With continuous innovation across financial products and services, Paytm remains focused on its mission to bring millions of unserved and underserved Indians into the mainstream economy.
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