Anand Raman works in CGAP’s Connected Markets team. The team works to build knowledge, practice, and evidence to inform policy on market-level infrastructure that allows providers to serve financially excluded populations at scale.
Anand has over 25 years of experience in information technology, telecommunications, media, and financial services. Before joining CGAP, he led banking relationships, policy, product design, and marketing at Eko India, a pioneering financial services provider for low-income people. He devised the agent banking strategy for Jana Small Finance Bank. He was instrumental in the design and roll-out of electronic airtime recharge at Idea Cellular, a foundational precursor to mobile money systems. Previously, he worked in building information technology for telecommunication systems.
Anand has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and a Master’s in International Public Policy from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington D.C. He is based in Mumbai, India.