PayPal appoints Anupam Pahuja as MD, India & Country Manager

PayPal has appointed Anupam Pahuja as the Managing Director and Country Manager for India. Anupam is a PayPal veteran and has been with the company for over six years, heading technology for APAC.

As the MD & Country Manager for India, Anupam will be responsible for all aspects of PayPal’s India business and further strengthening the company’s operations in India.

Rohan Mahadevan, APAC CEO, PayPal Pvt Ltd said “India continues to be a key part of PayPal’s growth strategy. In India’s fast-growing e-commerce and payments market, we have enabled hundreds of thousands of small and medium businesses and entrepreneurs participate in the global economy. With Anupam’s appointment as the business leader of this market, we will continue to bring our global scale, experience and risk management platforms for safe and frictionless experiences to our customers.”

Anupam has a wealth of experience in managing large-scale multinational enterprises and is an entrepreneur and innovator at heart. He was instrumental in establishing PayPal’s technology centers in India and making PayPal India one of the best places to work in the country.

Prior to PayPal, Anupam was the Managing Director for India for NASDAQ-listed SumTotal Systems, the world’s largest eLearning company. In this role, Anupam managed the company’s global product development and led sales, marketing, and professional services for the APAC region.

Anupam has founded and sold several businesses in the US and in India and serves as a Board Member for several companies and nonprofit organizations.

Anupam holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and an MBA in International Business from Georgetown University.