Richa Arora
Digital Payments Leader | Payments and Tech Commercialisation
The move
MoveM2P Fintech → Mastercard
TitleSenior Vice President of Product, Middle East and Africa → Regional Product Director, Product Commercialization EEMEA
LocationDubai → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Native languageHindi, English
Years in UAE1.4
Total experience20.3 years
Mastercard headcount10,001+ employees
Mastercard industryTechnology, Information and Internet
Mastercard HQPurchase, NY
Mastercard typePublic Company
Career arc
- Regional Product Director, Product Commercialization EEMEAMar 2026 — Present
Mastercard· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Senior Vice President of Product, Middle East and Africa2025 — Mar 2026
M2P Fintech· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Senior Director, Head - Product Solutioning and Commercialization, Asia PacificJan 2020 — Dec 2024
Visa· Singapore· Full-time - Director - Innovation and Design2018 — 2020Visa· Singapore· Full-time
- Director - Digital Solutions2015 — 2018Visa· Mumbai Area, India· Full-time
- Senior Product Manager - Mobile Payments2013 — 2015
airtel· Gurgaon, India· Full-time
- Senior Manager - Strategic Business Manager2010 — 2013
- Manager - Business Planning and Analysis2007 — 2010
- Trainee Asso. Systems Analyst2004 — 2005
NSEiT
Education
- Fr. C. R . Institute of Technology, MumbaiBachelor of Engineering (B.E.) · ComputersPresent
- Narsee Monjee Institute of Management StudiesMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.) · Finance and MarketingPresent
- PMI AGILE CERTIFIED PRACTITIONERPMI AGILE CERTIFIED PRACTITIONER · Project Management2020 — 2020
- Northwestern University - Kellogg School of ManagementPresent
- CFA Institute, USACFA Level 1Present
Languages
- Hindi · Native or bilingual
- English · Native or bilingual
Top skills
Business InitiativesRemittancesCommercializationNew Business OpportunitiesTechnology CommercializationProblem Solving
About
Product Leader with ~20 years of experience designing, architecting and commercializing mobile-first digital solutions for banks, fintechs, wallets, technology, and financial services companies across the globe. As Product Innovation leader, Richa has delivered $100M+ revenues, designed and scaling API first solutions with the reach of over 500M+ consumers globally. As a trusted partner, Richa has built high-performance global teams for Fortune 500s and hyper-growth startups to deliver solid results. CORE EXPERTISE Product Strategy, Commercialisation, Problem Solver, Thought Leadership, Team Coach, Global Leader, Stakeholder Management, Product Innovation, AI & Data Analytics, Digital Assets