ZRG Partners, a leader in executive recruiting for the equipment finance and lending markets, has added Rahul Kapur as Managing Director to support growth in the Payments and Retail Banking sector.  Rahul will be part of the firm’s global financial services  practice and bring specific expertise to clients in the payments and banking space. 

Rahul brings 23 years of senior level experience to the space. He has worked as practice leader with several top consultancies including Cognizant, CapGemni, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Capco, and Mastercard Advisors. He brings a broad view of the markets with deep experience in retail, commercial and wholesale payments; retail and commercial banking; and marketing and operations strategy. He is a talent expert, having helped clients assess organizational needs and connecting top talent to client organizations. Rahul graduated Carneigie Mellon University with a BS in Mathematics and later obtained his MBA from The Darden Business School at the University of Virginia. 

Larry Hartmann, CEO of ZRG related “The payments industry continues to be an area of growing talent demand. We currently support banks, credit card issuers and aquireres, transaction processors, payments cooperatives, emerging payment technology firms, and non-banks attracting top talent to address the complex and fast changing issues in the sector. This sector aligns with our robust global lending practice and the work we are doing in the FinTech space. Adding an industry expert like Rahul will allow us to continue to expand our service offering to this sector with a senior level leader that knows this growing market very well”.   

Rahul Kapur commented, ‘ ZRG’s successful data driven approach to attracting and selecting top talent will strongly resonate my client base in the payments and banking areas.  My focus will be on supporting ZRG’s current client base while  expanding and deepening the firms coverage into this important and growing sector.  The global nature of ZRG’s delivery platform will allow seamless support for my clients, which will include Top Tier financial institutions, the growing number of private equity backed and venture backed firms, and key service providers to the banking and payments space. “