Sandeep Ghosh

Group Country Manager – India and South Asia
Visa
Sandeep Ghosh is Visa’s Group Country Manager India & South Asia (INSA). He is responsible for the organization’s growth strategy and market leadership across South Asian markets including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, and Bhutan.

In his role, Sandeep focuses on Visa’s growth and expansion based on innovative strategies to open business avenues, help build and scale a trusted payments ecosystem and drive financial inclusion by developing a less-cash society, across each of the markets.
Sandeep brings diverse and rich experience from the banking and finance ecosystem, having worked across multiple global markets. His roles have spanned business development, brand marketing, strategy and general management in FMCG, Banking, Insurance and Consulting.

Prior to joining Visa in March 2022, Sandeep led the Financial Services Consulting practice at EY, India. Previously, he also served as the Managing Director at Bharti AXA Life Insurance and Country Manager AXA India, where he helped build a strong franchise for the brand.

Sandeep has also worked in senior management roles, leading Commercial Banking at ANZ and RBS in APAC. Sandeep spent nearly a decade at Citibank, heading its commercial banking operations in India, prior to which he was the Category Head – Marketing, South Asia with PepsiCo.

Sandeep holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Accountancy & Financial Management from Sydenham College, University of Mumbai, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Sandeep is based in Mumbai with his wife and two daughters. In his leisure time, he likes to play table tennis, watch films, read up on world affairs and travel.