FreeCharge appoints Anshul Kheterpal as chief financial officer

BANGALORE: FreeCharge, India’s digital payments platform, has announced the appointment of Anshul Kheterpal as the chief financial officer. In his new role, Anshul will help craft strategies for the payments business at FreeCharge and Snapdeal and closely work with the senior leadership teams to strengthen the digital payments business.

Anshul has over 8 years of work experience across finance, strategy, operations and treasury and in-depth experience across mobile commerce, digital payments and Telecom sector. Prior to his appointment at FreeCharge, Anshul was CFO and principal officer for Airtel Money. He was also until recently part of the steering committee of the BBPS and represented Airtel Money in the executive council of PCI – Payments Council of India.

On this new appointment, FreeCharge said, “With FreeCharge’s aim to be the digital OS for the payments business in India, Anshul joining us will further strengthen our senior leadership team. With his years of experience in managing the complex business of payments coupled with his rich industry knowledge he will help build the most innovative digital payments platform for our customers.”

FreeCharge Wallet crossed over 10 million users within 60 days of customer launch and plans to reach 35 million wallets by March 2016.

On commencement of his appointment at FreeCharge, Anshul Kheterpal said, “I am excited to join FreeCharge at a time when the payments industry is abuzz with new ways of creating digital transaction processes for customers. The excitement and commitment at FreeCharge to create industry leading products is almost infectious and I am looking forward to working with the team here to grow the digital payments business.”