Summary
Rahul Saini is a credit and data science leader with 12 years of experience building data-driven decision frameworks for NBFC, fintech, and e-commerce businesses. Currently Head of Credit, India at Empower (Tilt), he has a proven track record of scaling profitable unsecured and secured lending products—from launching an EV-secured lending program to steering the acquisition and integration of ZestMoney into DMI Finance. He blends hands-on data science (developing application, alternative-data and behavioral scorecards) with portfolio-level risk strategy, unit-economics-driven pricing and fraud mitigation. Known for building high-performing, geographically distributed risk teams, he also retains a quantitative edge from earlier work in high-frequency trading and e-commerce ML systems. Based in Bengaluru, Rahul combines product-focused experimentation with rigorous portfolio monitoring to keep credit losses low while driving growth.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at Chandigarh Group Of Colleges
English, Hindi, Punjabi, French