WhatsApp Pay India head resigns just four months after taking the job

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New Delhi, Dec 14, 2022: Another top WhatsApp India executive resigned. WhatsApp Pay India head Vinay Choletti announced his departure through a LinkedIn post on Wednesday. Choletti joined the firm back in October 2021 as head of Merchants Payments at WhatsApp Pay and later took charge as WhatsApp Pay India head in September 2022.

 

"Today was my last day at WhatsApp Pay and as I sign off, I can proudly say that watching the scale and the influence of WhatsApp in India has been a humbling experience. The last one year personally has been a great learning journey and the excitement of being in the frontline and launching some global first payments use cases such as "QR tickets for Bangalore Metro on WhatsApp” was unmatched. I am humbled to see the customer adoption of novel use cases using WhatsApp Pay and I will wear these badges proudly for the rest of my life," Choletti wrote in his LinkedIn post.

Choletti hasn’t clearly specified his future plans. "As I move on to my next adventure, I strongly believe that WhatsApp has the power to phenomenally transform digital payments and financial inclusion in India and I look forward to seeing it leverage its potential in the coming years," Choletti noted in the post.

Choletti’s exit comes right after several other top executives left the company, including WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose and Meta India public policy director Rajiv Aggarwal. Recently, Meta India chief Ajit Mohan also quit the firm to join rival Snap.

After Bose announced his exit, WhatsApp head Will Cathcart thanked him for his "tremendous contribution." "I want to thank Abhijit Bose for his tremendous contributions as our first Head of WhatsApp in India. His entrepreneurial drive helped our team deliver new services that have benefited millions of people and businesses. There is so much more WhatsApp can do for India and we’re excited to continue helping advance India’s digital transformation," Cathcart noted in a prepared statement.

WhatsApp India public policy is now headed by Shivnath Thukral, who was the director of WhatsApp public policy in the country.

Courtesy: India Today