Raj Kamal has been appointed COO Europe and UK at OYO Vacation Homes Office London
OYO Vacation Homes has appointed Raj Kamal as COO to accelerate its growth in Europe and the UK. Formerly a tenured Partner at McKinsey & Co, Raj joins OYO from PayU - the payments & fintech arm of Naspers Limited - where he was Global Head of Investments. The appointment comes as part of the company's efforts to continue to invest in and attract world-class leadership to drive innovation and sustainable growth in the company. OYO has continuously been strengthening its corporate governance as it aims to build a sustainable business at scale, with a clear path to profitability.
Raj comes with 25+ years of rich experience across financial services, investments, strategy and consulting domains. Prior to OYO, he was Global Head of Investments at PayU, the payments & fintech arm of Naspers Limited. Prior to this, Raj was a Partner with McKinsey & Company for over 12 years and, as the head of the Payments practice for APAC, he served banks, insurers, payments companies and asset managers across Asia-Pacific. An alumnus of IIT-Bombay (Indian Institute of Technology) and the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad (India), Raj has also spent eight years as an IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer in a range of roles including Chief Budget Officer of the state of Chhattisgarh and Chief Administrative Officer of a District in India.
