Anju Patwardhan is Managing Director at CE Innovation Capital, a global VC Fund that invests in Fintech companies and funds. She has invested in over 50 companies and eight VC Funds, mainly in the US, the UK, and Israel. She previously worked in banking for over two decades at Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in senior leadership roles, including Global Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Digital Banking Head.

She serves as an Independent Board Director on the boards of Gulf International Bank, (Saudi Arabia), Upgrade Inc., (USA), and Xapo Bank and Xapo VASP.

She is also on the Global Advisory Council of Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute and a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Fintech steering committee.

She has received several global awards including Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, Distinguished Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Banking & Finance, and Global Alumni Recognition Award (GARA) from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Alumni Association.
 
She has lived and worked in Singapore, San Francisco, and India. She is an alumna of IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore.