Sachin has over 16 years of international experience in consulting, project management and operations in making financial services accessible to the un/underbanked people in more than 18 different countries. He has hands-on experience in Digital Financial Services (DFS), Microfinance and Financial Inclusion. He has cross-regional work experience of Asia, Africa and Oceania. He has worked with some of the largest Banks, Mobile Network Operators, technology companies, Microfinance institutions and other stakeholders such as Donors, Central banks and other Government bodies. He has strong skills in developing business strategy/models, product development, human centred design, market research, agent network design and management, agency banking, process re-engineering, business transformation and financial awareness. 

He is a certified trainer and has conducted many large-scale research studies and has published several papers. He has led technical assistance projects for capacity building of financial institutions and helped them explore alternative delivery channels (e/m banking). The primary focus of his work has always been to design and develop sustainable, effective and innovative systems; products and channels to promote the delivery of a wide range of client-centric, sustainable and technology-enabled financial services.  He is an Agricultural Engineering graduate with a management degree.