Senior Vice President - Investment and Projects

Sanjaya K Shrestha is the Senior Vice President, Investment and Projects. His current focus is on financial optimization and transformation, timely execution of projects and BPC’s medium- to long-term strategy and finances.

Sanjaya joined BPC in 2024 after a twenty plus year career in the United States, United Kingdom and India. He has worked in global firms such as Barclays Bank, American Express, Diageo and The Boston Consulting Group. In Nepal, he has worked in or been associated with diverse institutions such as Himalayan Bank, Nepal Electric Vehicle Industry, Shangri-la Energy, Government of Nepal’s National Planning Commission and the Artificial Intelligence Task Force of the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology.

While Sanjaya has worked in the financial services industry most of his career, his focus in the last ten years has been on digital transformation and innovation of banks and fintechs. He has helped many companies harness new technologies to transform products, services and customer experiences. He has built strategies around Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Metaverse, mobile apps, IT workforce strategy, etc. In his last role, he led partnerships with international IT services firms such as Accenture, Capgemini, IBM and Infosys for Barclays Bank globally. He has been a mentor of tech startups and entrepreneurs in the UK, India and Nepal since 2015.

Sanjaya has an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics (Honors) from Harvard University. He also has an International Baccalaureate from Pearson College (UWC), Canada.