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Ajay Jagannath Bio

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Ajay Jagannath 
Regional Technical Specialist – Ecosystem and Incubation
United Nations Capital Development Fund 


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Ajay is with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) as the Regional Technical Specialist and is responsible for building the Digital Financial Ecosystem in the South Pacific region. He has over 10 years of international development, digital finance, retail, mass-market banking, and wealth management experience having served in strategic positions with HSBC and ANZ Banks in India and Singapore. Ajay holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Computer science) and is an alumnus of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore. He is passionate about harnessing his knowledge of technology, finance, and policy to make human lives better. In his free time, he runs marathons; cycles long distances,cooks three meals a day, and reads anything he can lay his hands on.