Premium Credit has announced the appointment of Rohit Ghai as chief risk officer.

Ghai (pictured) will lead Premium Credit’s risk, compliance and legal functions. He joins the company from PayPal UK, where he was most recently interim chief risk and compliance officer. Prior to PayPal, he held multiple risk and compliance leadership roles at Visa Europe and GE Capital across a range of geographies. Ghai began his career with GE’s Corporate Leadership programmes.

Tara Waite, Premium Credit’s CEO comments: “I am delighted to welcome Rohit to my executive team in this important role. He will be proactively engaging with regulators and industry bodies, providing guidance on the changing regulatory environment and demonstrating Premium Credit’s regulatory expertise through engaging thought leadership.

“Rohit will be responsible for building on the excellent work our existing risk team has driven to date. This key appointment will strengthen our current capability, ensuring we are highly proactive at this critical point of our journey, delivering on our purpose, strategy and growth ambition and navigating the rapidly changing regulatory landscape.”

Ghai added: “I am pleased to join Premium Credit at such an exciting time in their growth plans. I look forward to playing my part in the next stage of the business’s development.”

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