UpTik Strengthens Governance with New Strategic Advisory Board Members

UpTik, described as India’s fastest‑growing structured alternative investment platform, issued a press release on 8 September 2026 announcing the addition of two senior figures to its Strategic Advisory Board. The board now includes Mr. Rajaram and Mr. Bala Swaminathan.

Mr. Rajaram is the Chairman of K&L Gates Straits Law Firm. His background spans cross‑border structured finance, regulatory compliance and global capital markets. He previously chaired the audit committee of a Swiss private bank and served as a board member and stakeholder at Monument Bank in the United Kingdom. The company expects his experience in international banking regulation and private‑wealth management to reinforce UpTik’s governance and compliance framework as it expands its investor base.

Mr. Bala Swaminathan joins as CEO of Scube. He brings decades of banking operations, treasury and institutional finance experience across the Asia‑Pacific region, having served as Chief Financial Officer of ICICI Bank, President of Westpac Bank in Australia, and Head of Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore. UpTik anticipates that his leadership at large financial institutions will help build institutional‑grade credit and risk‑management frameworks for its invoice‑discounting and alternative credit operations.

Commenting on the appointments, Mr. Vinod Varma, Founder of UpTik, said the new advisors provide “an extraordinary depth of global banking, legal and institutional experience” that will be “invaluable in strengthening our governance, risk management and compliance framework” as the company scales its lending operations and deepens institutional partnerships to bridge India’s MSME credit gap.

With these additions, the Strategic Advisory Board now draws on leadership experience from institutions including ICICI Bank, Westpac, Standard Chartered, Citibank and K&L Gates, underscoring UpTik’s focus on combining technology‑led credit innovation with world‑class governance while it continues to scale across India’s alternative credit market.

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