Vayana Network appoints Aneish Kumar as senior business advisor

July 8, 2021: The supply chain finance platform Vayana Network on Wednesday announced the addition of Aneish Kumar as senior business advisor and member of its FI advisory board.

Aneish Kumar is an accomplished career banker and comes with more than 38 years of commercial and international banking experience.

“He will play a vital role in strengthening Vayana Network’s global financing network and partnerships,” reads the release.

Vayana Network has enabled the financing of over $7 billion (₹55,000 crore) to over 50,000 MSMEs across 400+ supply chains in 25 different industries. Vayana connects corporates and their trade ecosystems to provide digital, convenient, and affordable access to credit for their payables and receivables.

Before joining Vayana Network, Kumar was the managing director and country executive of BNY Mellon in India where he led the development and implementation of the bank’s strategies for India and Asia. He comes with cross-functional expertise in banking and financial services along with a deep knowledge of trade finance and payments.

Aneish Kumar, senior business advisor, Vayana Network, said, “I strongly believe that Vayana’s platform is a winning solution for those banks and companies looking for a unique way to build and promote their trade finance and supply chain financing needs. Vayana Network has come a long way in building India’s largest and finest fintech for supply chains.”

Ram Iyer, founder & CEO, Vayana Network said, "Aneish’s cross-functional expertise in banking and financial services domain will be a great asset to Vayana. With Vayana poised for its next phase of growth, we look forward to working with Aneish, leveraging his expertise in making Vayana Network the defacto trade partner for financiers and corporates alike.”