Ankur leads technology, security, data and privacy risk management for PayPal, a global organization spanning in 150+ countries. In this role he enables business processes while managing local regulatory exposure. In this role he has implemented NIST CSF, ISO and variable of COBIT along with providing assessment, risk rating and oversight for cyber and technology functions, and he is focused on building strong collaboration partnership through regional presence to provide enterprise level risk visibility to board. He also drives the contract management technology, security and privacy reviews for largest contracts with negotiation on legal concerns related to first-party and third-party contracts.

Ankur serves as part of PayPal’s advisory board for external product organization and he regularly presents to the board and risk committees in current and prior roles.

Ankur has over two decades of experience in finance, insurance and fintech industry driving technology, security and privacy designs, implementations and risk management practices.

He has engaged with a wide array of regulator leaders, often working closely with NYDFS for several regulatory exams or feedback and driving his team’s negotiations in EU and APAC.