Abhishek
Garodia

Abhishek is VP of Strategic Partnerships at Zilch, where he leads enterprise business development, new distribution partnerships, and product launches through strategic partner relationships.

Abhishek brings more than 20 years of experience across payments, marketplaces, and strategic partnerships, building and scaling ventures at some of the world's best-known consumer brands. Before joining Zilch, he was Strategic Partnerships Director and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Checkatrade, where he acted as GM and Product Owner for Checkatrade Shop, a renovation products marketplace, and separately led the platform's fintech products, spanning credit, lending, and insurance.

Abhishek was previously Head of Business Development for Merchant Payment Solutions at Revolut, where he built the Enterprise Payments proposition from scratch and closed deals with brands including French Connection, Aer Lingus, and KuCoin. Before that, he held senior business development roles at Amazon.

He also spent five years at Airbnb building global partnerships, including collaborations with Avios, Qantas and financial partnerships with Santander and American Express.

Abhishek holds an MBA from London Business School and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communications from PES Institute of Technology.