Rajeev Sharma has been appointed as the Chief Business Officer at Pennant Technologies, an agile and innovative financial technology company that powers lending operations of global banks and financial institutions. With this appointment, Rajeev will drive global business strategy, customer growth, and technology adoption, playing a pivotal role in accelerating Pennant’s presence across mature and emerging markets. His leadership comes at a critical time as Pennant intensifies its mission to empower financial institutions to modernise lending operations through GenAI, AI, and next-generation technology platforms.
With close to two decades of leadership experience across global geographies, including the Middle East, Africa, Japan, Europe, Australia, and the United States, Rajeev has built a strong reputation in the BFSI industry as a value-focused business strategist. His expertise lies in asset finance, retail and SME lending, SaaS-based digital banking, and end-to-end banking transformation. A strong advocate of the Theory of Constraints (TOC), Rajeev brings a distinctive throughput-oriented approach to business growth, aligning sales, operations, and technology outcomes for long-term success.
Prior to joining Pennant, Rajeev served as Vice President and Regional Head – MEA at Odessa, where he led sales and business development initiatives for the Middle East and Africa. He spent over 20 years with Nucleus Software in various leadership capacities, managing sales across EMEA, ANZ, and Japan. During his tenure, he built business lines from the ground up, bagged multi-million-dollar deals ranging from USD 5 million to 50 million+, and led regional transformations and greenfield setups for major financial institutions.
An engineer by training and a Wharton-certified sales strategist, Rajeev has also completed executive programs from The Tuck School of Business and MIT on innovation strategy and fintech, respectively. His professional journey reflects a consistent focus on building high-performance teams, creating stakeholder value, and leveraging technology for business transformation.
At Pennant Technologies, Rajeev will be at the forefront of shaping the company’s business architecture, partner ecosystem, and go-to-market strategy, with a strong emphasis on scaling platform-led growth and delivering measurable client outcomes.