Zopper appoints Rahul Singh as Chief Financial Officer

Zopper has appointed Rahul Singh as Chief Financial Officer, adding a finance executive with more than 18 years of experience at GE, OakNorth and Cropin.

He will oversee strategic planning and financial performance management at the Indian insurtech company. His responsibilities include financial strategy, investor relations, business planning and corporate governance as Zopper expands its insurance distribution business.

The appointment comes as Zopper continues to build its presence in embedded insurance and digital distribution. It works with more than 25 insurance companies, over 2,500 ecosystem players and more than 150 large clients across 1,200 cities in India.

Its client roster includes retailers, consumer electronics brands and banks such as Croma, Samsung, Xiaomi, Bank of Baroda and RBL Bank. The business also works with alumni associations linked to Indian management institutes including IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode and ISB.

Before joining Zopper, Singh held senior finance roles at Cropin, an agriculture-focused business software company. There, he led finance, legal, investor relations and fundraising across equity and debt, while helping revise the company's go-to-market strategy.

Earlier in his career, he worked at GE and OakNorth, giving him experience across both large multinationals and growth-stage businesses. His background includes financial planning and analysis, controllership, treasury, corporate finance, and board and investor management.

Business scale

Zopper operates in a part of India's financial services market that has attracted sustained investor and corporate interest as insurers seek broader digital reach. Companies in this segment typically work with banks, lenders, retailers and online platforms to offer cover at the point of sale, using software interfaces to connect insurers with distribution partners.

Zopper says it aims to simplify insurance distribution through application programming interfaces and related software tools. It also supports post-sales processes by facilitating communication and documentation with insurers on behalf of customers.

That work has included handling more than 15,00,000 claims over the past three years across its product lines. The company also says its systems have reduced issuance times to minutes for some products.

Hiring a Chief Financial Officer can be significant for private technology companies at a stage when operational scale, investor engagement and governance become more central to day-to-day management. Finance leaders in such businesses are often expected to manage capital planning, reporting discipline and relationships with current and potential investors while supporting commercial expansion.

For Zopper, bringing in a senior finance executive with fundraising and investor relations experience points to a broader focus on financial structure as the company grows. Singh's work on equity and debt fundraising at Cropin may prove relevant as insurtech companies face pressure to balance expansion with tighter control of costs and margins.

Executive views

Mayank Gupta, Co-Founder at Zopper, commented on the appointment.

"We are delighted to welcome Rahul to the Zopper family," said Mayank Gupta, Co-Founder, Zopper. "His experience scaling digital-first businesses, his command of financial strategy, and his ability to partner cross-functionally with revenue teams make him the ideal leader to drive Zopper's next phase of growth."

Singh also outlined his priorities in the new role.

"I'm delighted to join Zopper at such an exciting stage in its journey. As India's leading insurtech platform, Zopper is transforming how insurance is distributed nationwide. I look forward to working with our co-founders to strengthen our financial foundation and support the company's next phase of growth," said Singh.

Zopper has built its business around combining insurance products with technology systems used by partners to distribute policies and manage service processes. In India, that model has become increasingly important as insurers look beyond traditional agency networks and as non-insurance companies seek additional revenue from financial products sold alongside their core offerings.

The company's work includes creating products tailored for end customers and handling after-sales support as an intermediary. That creates operational demands for finance, compliance and governance teams, particularly when businesses manage multiple insurance partners, large corporate clients and claims volumes running into the hundreds of thousands.

Against that backdrop, Singh's appointment gives Zopper a senior executive focused on the financial controls and planning needed for the next stage of its development. He joins with experience across industrial finance, banking and software, and will now be responsible for shaping the company's financial management as it works across a wide network of insurers and distribution partners.