PhonePe Appoints Srijon Biswas as Chief Technology Officer

PhonePe has made a significant move in its leadership team by appointing Srijon Biswas as its Chief Technology Officer. In this pivotal role, Biswas will oversee PhonePe’s engineering team and operations. Having been with the company for several years, he has led various engineering teams, significantly contributing to the enhancement of PhonePe’s technical framework as it grew to support hundreds of millions of users.

Biswas will continue his reporting line to co-founder Rahul Chari. Reflecting on his new position, Srijon Biswas expressed his honour in assuming the role of CTO at such a transformative phase for PhonePe. He looks forward to collaborating with the incredibly talented teams to further advance innovation, reliability, and scalability, creating products tailored for the vast number of Indian users.

Ongoing Investments in Technology and Talent

PhonePe is committed to further investing in technology, engineering talent, and platform capabilities to enhance its range of digital financial services and consumer offerings. The company’s leadership changes align with its ongoing growth strategy.

Rahul Chari’s New Role

As part of the recent leadership restructuring, co-founder Rahul Chari will transition into the position of Chief Product and Technology Officer. He will not only supervise the technology and product sectors but also manage trust and safety, data science and analytics, customer experience, and other key strategic initiatives across the PhonePe Group.

As of April 2026, PhonePe has achieved a remarkable milestone, boasting over 70 crore registered users and a digital payments network that encompasses more than 5 crore merchants.