Rajesh Saxena is the CEO, global consumer and central banking with Intellect Design Arena Ltd. based out India.

He is a seasoned retail banking executive with an in-depth understanding of all aspects of retail banking including retail distribution, digital banking, offshore and onshore investments, branch banking with special expertise in credit cards, Personal loans and other unsecured lending. He has strong P&L focus having done large P&L roles in the last 15 years.

Prior to joining Intellect, Rajesh, was Chief Executive Officer, American Express, India and in this role was responsible for International Consumer & Small Business Services in India as well as for providing leadership to the AEBC Country Executive Team. He is credited for turning around the cards business and setting the business for growth in India.

Prior to AMEX, he worked with Citibank for 19 years across five different geographies in various consumer banking roles with the last 10 years spent in managing large teams and product and country P&L's.

He has strong strategic thinking capability with special skills and experience of ramping up start-up businesses and has deep retail customer insights. He is well networked in the BFSI space across India, Asia, Middle East and Europe.