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JioStar appoints G R Arun Kumar as chief financial officer
MUMBAI: JioStar has named G R Arun Kumar as its new chief financial officer, bringing on board a leader whose career reads like a masterclass in modern finance.
With nearly three decades of experience across global majors and Indian conglomerates, Arun steps into the role at a time when speed, sharp decision-making and financial discipline matter more than ever. His appointment signals JioStar’s intent to stay nimble while scaling fast in a dynamic digital landscape.
As CFO, Arun will lead the company’s finance and commercial functions, working closely with the board, CEOs and business heads to drive growth, profitability and long-term value. His mandate goes beyond the numbers. He is expected to strengthen financial systems, sharpen insights and ensure the organisation can move quickly without losing balance.
Arun joins JioStar from the Welspun Group, where he served as group CFO and head of strategy, overseeing finance, planning, mergers and acquisitions, compliance and investor relations. Earlier stints at Unilever, Vedanta, General Electric and OLA have given him a broad, hands-on view of strategy, operations and stakeholder management across India and international markets.
Based in Mumbai, Arun lives with his wife and two daughters. As JioStar positions itself firmly as a digital-first organisation, his arrival adds both experience and momentum to the journey ahead.
With Arun at the financial helm, JioStar is clearly setting its sights on growth with agility, discipline and a steady hand on the wheel.
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.
