TerraPay gets Vinay Trivedi as its global head – HR

TerraPay, the digital solutions company, has appointed Vinay Trivedi as its new global head of HR. In this role, Trivedi will lead the HR function for the Company globally, along with some administration responsibilities. Earlier, Trivedi was the head of HR for ToneTag, which offered sound-based contactless payment services and solutions. At ToneTag, Trivedi was leading the entire spectrum of human resource responsibilities, from building a work culture to attracting great talent and coming up with talent management strategies.

“In a short span of time, TerraPay has proved itself as a leader in global payments infrastructure and as a solutions provider, accomplishing big milestones in its journey. I look forward to strengthening the TerraPay brand and establishing itself as one of the most trusted employers globally,” shares Trivedi with HRKatha.

In his over 15 years of experience working in the HR domain, Trivedi has worked in various HR roles serving extensively in the IT and BFSI sectors. After completing a post graduate certificate programme from XLRI, Trivedi joined Accenture and worked in multiple geographies, at the firm including overseas market. After spending more than three years with Accenture, Trivedi moved to Summit HR, a staffing and recruiting firm, and worked with them as a programme manager for close to a year.

In 2011, Trivedi joined ITC Infotech as an assistant manager-HR and managed 1200 employees as an HR generalist. Moving on from ITC Infotech, Trivedi, who is a commerce and accounts graduate, joined Axis Bank as part of the Axis Young Banker programme under the Bank’s campus-hiring initiative. After two years of joining Axis, Trivedi was promoted to head Axis Bank’s campus recruitment and academic interfaces. In 2016, he joined Future Generali India Life Insurance as the head of talent acquisition, and in a few months he was promoted to head HRBP for the insurance company as well.

On Trivedi’s appointment, Ambar Sur, CEO and co-founder, TerraPay, says, “We have strong ambitions for transforming TerraPay into a truly diverse, inclusive, people-driven and equitable company. Vinay brings a wealth of experience in change management, talent development, operational efficiency and recruitment, along with a proven ability to lead. We are confident he will help advance TerraPay’s vision to foster a winning ethos of purpose-driven initiatives.”