Arka is a banking professional with a wide range of experience having worked for or served 20+ banks across United Kingdom, India and SE Asia. His North Star is finding opportunities to have impact by improving customers’ financial lives. He is passionate about all facets of mass scale banking: Retail, SME, payments. Arka believes that universal access to Banking is core to changing the world – think direct transfer of benefits, credit for those in the informal sector, etc.
Arka currently is the Head of Strategy for TSB Bank. Prior roles included being a Strategy & Innovation Principal at NatWest Personal Bank, a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, serving mid-size Indian companies as a Commercial Banking Relationship Manager and being a Personal Banker at a branch.