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Mahendra Nerurkar

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VP Payments for Emerging Markets at Amazon
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Mahendra Nerurkar is the VP of Payments for Emerging Markets at Amazon, leading operations across APAC, MENA, and LATAM. His focus is on making digital payments trusted and convenient, with an emphasis on expanding credit access for consumers and small businesses. Colleagues describe him as analytical, diligent, creative, and a strong leader.

Originally a Civil Engineer from the University of Mumbai, Mahendra holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. Outside of work, his favorite sport is cricket, and he often draws parallels between the games strategies and his own leadership philosophy to foster teamwork and customer obsession.

Unique fact: Mahendra holds a process patent for identifying and resolving issues with lost and damaged items within a fulfillment network.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
VP Payments for Emerging Markets
Job Level
Senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Financial Inclusion
He is focused on improving access to credit for underserved consumers and small businesses in emerging markets, recently spearheading the acquisition of fintech lender Axio.
Emerging Markets
Leads payments for Amazon in APAC, MENA, and LATAM, emphasizing the need to create locally nuanced financial products that cater to each market's specific needs.
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Career

Work history

5-2023
VP Payments for Emerging Markets
Amazon
3-2021
VP, Amazon Pay India
Amazon
1-2018 - 3-2021
Director, Amazon Pay India
Amazon
9-2006 - 2-2009
Strategy Consultant
Oliver Wyman
6-2005 - 9-2005
MBA Summer Intern
Amazon
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Watch as Mahendra Nerurkar, Vice President, Payments, Emerging Markets, Amazon. Featured in Facebook
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Key Insights of Amazon Unplugged Ep 3 ft Mahendra Nerurkar. Featured in YouTube
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Education
2004 - 2006
MBA
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
1992 - 1996
BE
University of Mumbai
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