In Overseas Expansion Push, Razorpay Elevates Khilan Haria To CPO

SUMMARY

Haria has been promoted from his previous role as senior vice president- product at Razorpay

With this appointment, Razorpay aims to drive its international expansion in Southeast Asia as well as to enhance its focus on UPI and Razorpay POS

In the new role, Haria will be responsible for guiding the global product roadmap while ensuring the development of industry-first products for growth in emerging markets

Payments giant Razorpay has elevated Khilan Haria to chief product officer (CPO) to lead the company’s product growth in India and Southeast Asia.

Haria has been promoted from his previous role as senior vice president- product at Razorpay. He joined the company in 2019 as senior director-product management and rose through various ranks to become CPO.

With this appointment, Razorpay aims to drive its international expansion in Southeast Asia as well as to enhance its focus on UPI and Razorpay POS.

“The CPO plays a vital role at Razorpay, one who is responsible for shaping the company’s product strategy and further enhancing Razorpay’s product stack to deliver impactful, customer-centric solutions that address real-world challenges for businesses,” it added.

In the new role, Haria will look after the development of payment and business banking products for global markets as well to build an integrated product ecosystem. He will further guide the global product roadmap while ensuring the development of industry-first products for growth in emerging markets.

In Haria’s previous roles at Razorpay,“his leadership has driven several innovations such as RAY, Optimizer, UPI Switch, Turbo UPI, CC on UPI, Credit Lines on UPI among others,” the statement added.

“Together with our exceptional team, I look forward to driving Razorpay’s vision of redefining the future of payments and financial technology, both in India and across the globe,” said Haria.

Shashank Kumar, cofounder and managing director, Razorpay said, “As we expand our horizons globally, especially into Southeast Asia, Khilan’s leadership as Chief Product Officer ensures that we continue to deliver impactful solutions that empower businesses in real-time.”

Founded in 2014 by Kumar and Harshil Mathur, Razorpay is an omnichannel payments and banking platform. Over the years, the startup has forayed into SME payroll management, banking, lending, payments, insurance, among others.

Before joining Razorpay, Haria was VP- product management at Treebo Hotels and served the company for almost three years. He was also associated with Yahoo as product manager for three years ended in 2014.