Nandan Mer

Nandan is the Chief Executive Officer of the Group, working closely with the Chairman and Board members to set strategic expansion goals for the organisation and lead the Executive Management Team in the accomplishment of these objectives.

He also serves as Chairman/Director of Network International subsidiary companies for the Middle East and Africa.

Nandan holds a strong background in payments, consumer finance and corporate banking with a deep understanding of the Middle East and Africa as well as experience in India, Czech Republic, Israel, Russia and UK markets.

His more than 30-year track record of successfully building and growing businesses to profitable scale and dominant market share spans several markets globally, at leading financial institutions including American Express, Citigroup, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and most recently at Mastercard.

During his 11-year career at Mastercard, Nandan was Strategy Head for International Markets, President for the Japanese business and Head of Global Consumer Credit and Loyalty Solutions. Prior to that, Nandan was Head of UBA – International Corporate and Investment Banking. Before UBA, he built and led consumer banking businesses for two decades with Citigroup in India, the Czech Republic, Israel, Russia and the UK. Nandan began his career at American Express Cards.

Nandan holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Massachusetts and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from the University of Delhi.

When not passionately engaged in business building, he enjoys playing golf and tennis.