Matt serves as the CEO for Branch. Prior to founding the company, he co-founded the ground-breaking microfinance non-profit Kiva.org, where he served as CEO for nearly a decade.
Matt Flannery
Co-Founder & CEO
Daniel leads Branch’s product development and engineering organizations. Before co-founding Branch, Daniel held senior roles in product management and business development strategy at Kiva.org.
Daniel Jung
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Premal builds partnerships that advance Branch’s mission. Prior to Branch, Premal co-founded Kiva and led the microfinance non-profit to +$1B in loans. He started his career at PayPal and graduated from Stanford.
Premal Shah
President
Dayo oversees Branch’s Nigeria market. She has most recently held roles leading and managing a multi-million dollar financial services innovation fund at EFInA, and managing Union Bank of Nigeria’s corporate strategy efforts.
Dayo Ademola
Managing Director, Nigeria
Neeraj leads Branch’s India business. Previously, he served as a consultant with Accenture, and has held tech, strategy & marketing roles in financial services. He is an alumnus of IIT Guwahati and IIM Lucknow.
Neeraj Gupta
Managing Director, India
Rose manages the East African markets for Branch. She has over 15 years experience in financial services, and her recent roles include Chief Digital Officer at HF Group in Kenya and founder of the Digital Lenders’ Association of Kenya (DLAK).
Rose Muturi
Managing Director, East Africa
Akshay leads Credit & Analytics. He has over two decades of experience in risk and analytics, supporting lending at firms like Capital One, Oliver Wyman, Union Bank and Better Finance. Most recently, he was at Lending Tree. He is an alumnus of IIT Bombay.
Akshay Tandon
Chief Credit & Analytics Officer
Seun leads the People function at Branch. She has extensive experience with Startups and worked at Uber before joining Branch. She is a Senior Certified Professional by the Society for Human Resource Management USA and an alumnus of Covenant University, Nigeria.
Seun Olafusi
Chief People Officer
Anshu heads the Finance function at Branch. He is a Qualified Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He started his career with KPMG and moved on to Credit Suisse and Maersk before joining Branch.
Anshu Agarwal
Chief Financial Officer
Anshul leads Branch’s engineering team. He comes with extensive startup experience and has worked at companies like Zynga and Urban Ladder. He graduated from IIT Roorkee, with learning stints at UFL and IIM Ahmedabad.
Anshul Agrawal
Chief Technology Officer
Sheila leads Branch’s Operations in East Africa, and is very passionate about customer experience. She has a varied and rich experience across retail, banking, Telco and e-commerce with Jumia, Citibank and Safaricom.
Sheila Gatonga
Head of Operations, East Africa
Vishal leads Branch’s operations in India. His decade-plus professional journey includes stints at companies such as Amazon and eLitmus. He is an alumnus of IIM Rohtak.
Vishal Kaushik
Head of Operations, India