Ex-Axis Bank CEO Shikha Sharma is adviser of Google Pay India

Bengaluru: Axis Bank former CEO Shikha Sharma has joined Google Pay India as adviser, according to a tweet by Caesar Sengupta, GM & VP (payments and next billion users) at Google. Sengupta’s tweet says Sharma, a banking veteran, has been a champion of bank-tech partnerships and in her new role, she would help Google Pay’s strategy in India.

Sharma, who left Axis Bank in 2018, was at the helm of the bank during acquisition of Freecharge for Rs 385 crore in 2017 . She is also an independent director on boards of Tata Global Beverages, Ambuja Cement, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, and Tech Mahindra.

“I’m a deep believer in the potential of fintech to create great value for users as well as traditional financial systems.I had the opportunity to interact with the Google Pay team since the early days of their business in India and have been impressed by their vision of making payments and financial services simple and easy for everyone,” she said in a statement.