Rishi Raithatha
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Rishi is a digital finance specialist, focusing on mobile money, microinsurance, and digital financial services in low- and middle-income countries. His recent experience spans senior roles at the GSMA, the mobile industry’s trade association, and Pula Advisors, an insurtech that provides insurance to smallholder farmers. He is the lead author of the GSMA’s State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money. Rishi has worked as an independent consultant too, in particular for the World Bank. Currently, he is the Co-Chair of the Financial Inclusion Forum UK. Rishi’s previous experience includes roles at McKinsey, Willis Towers Watson and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He holds a BA from SOAS, University of London, and an MA from the University of Groningen. In 2020, Rishi became a Certified Digital Financial Practitioner. He speaks French and Swahili.