Leadership

Meet The Team Adding Wings To The Vision

Meet the inspiring leaders of Optimo Capital, who drive the company's growth with unwavering passion, unparalleled dedication and years of expertise. Their relentless pursuit for excellence has empowered us to provide value-driven financial services, enabling small business owners across India to achieve their goals and thrive.

FOUNDER & MD

Prashant Pitti

Prashant founded Optimo Capital after successfully building Easy Trip Planners Limited ('Easemytrip') and its IPO couple of years back. He is an alumni of IIT Madras and has previously worked with prominent Banks like HSBC Bank and Capital One in the United States in his career. His dream is to create positive social impact and foster financial inclusion through assisting MSMEs to grow and expand with technology at the forefront. He feels economic progress has to be backed by local job creation and development of communities.

CHIEF RISK OFFICER

Sunil Govindarajan

With over 20 years in the financial services space, Sunil has built a reputation for deep expertise in Risk, Credit, and Business Strategy. An alumnus of London Business School, he has been instrumental in setting up and scaling lending businesses—both secured and unsecured—across India. His work has focused on building strong distribution networks and risk frameworks, always with a vision to enable responsible credit access and drive inclusive financial growth across diverse markets.

HEAD OF OPERATIONS

Shreenivas Hegde

Mr. Shreenivas is a competent professional with over 20+ years of vast experience in multiple phases of Banking Operations (Assets), Audit and People management. He is proficient in conceptualizing strategic and operational plans; defining financial parameters within which operations must be executed and harmonizing them with the organization's macro level plans. Prior to joining Optimo Capital he was associated with Grihum Housing Finance as National Manager – Operations.

AVP, Finance

Swati Agarwalla

Swati is a qualified Chartered Accountant who handles Finance & Accounts, Treasury, along with other finance related functions in Optimo Capital. She has around 5 years of extensive experience in Finance and Taxation.

Head - Technology

Ajinkya Pokharkar

Ajinkya looks after technology at Optimo Capital. He has a keen interest in data science function. He aims at building the tech stack of Optimo to support and scale its business.

Company Secretary

Harikrishnan K M

Hari is a qualified Company Secretary who looks after Secretarial and Compliance at Optimo Capital. He has been in the financial services space for 5 years.

Head - Human Resources

Pavithra Rajgopal

Pavithra, has over 16 years of experience in Human Resources and has worked in BFSI, NBFC, and IT industries. She has completed her MBA from ICFAI and holds a certification in Leadership and Change Management from IIM, which helps her lead HR projects and support company growth. She is responsible for managing the HR function and supporting the company’s growth through effective people practices.

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