A leading platform for simplifying the discovery, management and payment of credit products, CheQ has announced the appointment of Viral Bansal as Head – People & Culture.
The company has also announced the appointment of Bipin Toro as its Head of Engineering and Akash Kedia as Head of Product.
Aditya Soni, Founder, CheQ, said, “We are excited to have Bipin, Akash and Viral join us to accelerate our vision of making credit management easy & accessible for every Indian.”
“They are proven leaders who all bring robust industry experience, track records of business discipline, and smart strategic insights that will drive CheQ toward future growth”, Aditya Soni added.
Viral has over 16 years of demonstrated achievement in delivering deep value to the organization in a breadth of leadership roles across HR Business Partnership, Compensation & Benefits and Merger & Acquisitions. He is driven by business acumen, a data-driven approach to problem-solving and a relentless passion for building high-performing teams.
Viral said Head – People & Culture, CheQ said, “The problem we are trying to solve and the purpose we are trying to serve is extremely powerful, it’s a real need in India’s economic growth story.”
“I look at my role as keeping our purpose a north star in everything we do, and enable building an organization that can nimbly balance long-term thinking & immediate business results”, he added.
Prior to CheQ, Viral Bansal was associated with Genpact as Vice President- Human Resources.
Viral holds a Master of Business Administration from the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad. He completed his bachelor’s from Shri Ram College of Commerce.
Bipin Toro, Head – Engineering, CheQ, said, “CheQ is addressing a critical social need of bridging the credit gap. The engineering team’s vision will be to abstract the complexities of the repayment labyrinth and present a simple story to the customer to manage and build credit.”
“We will go beyond and above to create an engineering work culture where individual growth & aspirations will be nurtured, and will attract superlative talent”, Bipin Toro added.
Bipin Toro has over 24 years of experience in the fintech & loyalty industry. He has been part of founding/leadership teams of startups like Reward360 and other growth stage companies, building large-scale product platforms and assembling strong engineering & operations teams.
Akash said, “Credit and finance is usually a complex topic for Indians, marred by hidden information and technicalities difficult to comprehend. CheQ’s goal is to bring more transparency and convenience to the area of credit in India by taking a tech and product-first approach.”
“I look forward to expanding our reach and helping customers realize the full value of their credit products”, Akash added.
A former Flipkart veteran, Akash Kedia joins CheQ from the Trade Republic in Germany where he headed growth for the EU’s largest neo broker.
