TransUnion appoints Director of Strategy and Planning

Global information and insights company TransUnion has appointed Shashant Agrawal to its UK executive team as director of strategy and planning, to identify and develop new strategies to grow its UK business.  

As part of TransUnion’s glbal strategy and planning function, Agrawal will collaborate with local and global leadership teams to lead the business planning process and execute key initiatives, as well as UK strategy development. 

Agrawal brings over 15 years of experience in creating and driving product strategy, product development and customer experience improvement, with extensive expertise in financial services. Shashant joins from fintech PaySafe Group, where he was vice president of product and analytics, and has also held senior roles in strategy and product management at Experian, American Express, KMPG and JP Morgan Chase/HSBC in the US. 

Satrajit “Satty” Saha, CEO of TransUnion in the UK, added: “Shashant will be responsible for driving TransUnion’s growth strategy in the UK, enabling us to harness our global capabilities as fully as possible and expanding our business to deliver on our objectives, now and for the future.  He brings a wealth of experience in using deep analytics expertise to create product strategies, aligning with our promise of using information for good to enable trust between businesses and the consumers they serve. We’re delighted to welcome Shashant to the UK leadership team.”