Anju Patwardhan

Anju Patwardhan is a Fulbright Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Stanford. Her research is focused on the use of technology and innovation to support financial inclusion, especially small business lending.

She is also a Venture Partner with CreditEase Fintech Fund from China (fund of c.USD 1 billion). She is a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Future Council on Blockchain and on the WEF steering committees for “Internet for All” and “Disruptive Innovation in Financial Services”. 

She has been appointed as a FinTech Industry Expert with UC Berkeley (SCET) and an Innovation Fellow with the NUS.  She serves on the advisory board of Government of Estonia’s e-residency program

She was in banking until July 2016 and has over 25 years of experience with Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in global leadership roles across Asia, Africa and Middle East.  She was a member of SCB’s global leadership team, global risk management group and global technology & operations management group. She was also a Director on various banking subsidiaries and non-profits boards.

She is an alumnus of the IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore, and holds further professional qualifications is board directorship and art appreciation.

She moved from Singapore to the Bay Area in August 2016 with her family.