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Disney India’s associate director, e-commerce, Akshat Srivastava moves on
Mumbai: The Walt Disney Company’s associate director, e-commerce for India, Akshat Srivastava has announced his departure from the organisation. He was based out of Disney’s Bengaluru office. Srivastava updated his LinkedIn profile to reflect the development.
With more than 6.5 years long tenure at the company, Srivastava was responsible for the D2C and third-party e-commerce channel for Disney consumer products business in SEA, India, and MENA.
He had joined Disney in November 2014 as a category manager, following which he was elevated as head, e-commerce Disney consumer products India in 2017. He became head of e-commerce, South East Asia, India, and the Middle East in December 2018.
“It’s still surreal !! Last friday after 6 and a half amazing years at Disney, I was no longer a cast member. I have just been so grateful for the people and the experiences at Disney, it has really been the ride of a lifetime. I had the best people and the best teams to share this journey and all the success, which made it even more enjoyable and it is the people I shall miss the most,” his LinkedIn post read.
Prior to Disney, Srivastava has had stints with companies like EY, ITC, and L’Oréal.
Srivastava has yet to share his next joining update.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
