A veteran banker with ICICI Group, with a highly rich and diverse 19 years of experience across innovation, fintech, Hitesh presently heads the Start-up, Engagement and Investments at ICICI Bank. As part of his current profile, Hitesh is responsible for “Blockchain Infrastructure Company” (BIC), India’s first blockchain based banking consortium. BIC was conceptualized by Hitesh in early 2018 and since then he has been the primary evangalist of the BIC consortium in India and overseas. Hitesh has been instrumental in bringing together 15 private, PSU & foreign banks to participate in BIC as founding members as well as equity holders.