Season 2 · Episode 9
Paroma Chatterjee on Building Revolut's India GCC
18 March 2026·India Head, Revolut
“India isn't a back office anymore. It's where the product gets built.”
“The best engineers in the world are in Bengaluru. The question is whether global companies know how to work with them.”
Chapters
- 00:00
Paroma's path to Revolut
From investment banking to leading Revolut's India operations.
- 12:30
What a GCC actually is
Demystifying global capability centres and why they're not outsourcing.
- 28:00
Building fintech in India
Regulatory landscape, talent, and what's different about Indian fintech users.
- 45:15
The talent question
How Revolut finds and retains world-class engineers in a competitive market.
- 58:40
What's next for Revolut India
Products, scale, and the 5-year plan.
Show notes
Paroma Chatterjee, India Head at Revolut, joins Abhay for a conversation on what it actually takes to build a global fintech operation from India — and why the GCC model is changing how the world's best companies think about talent.
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