Ritu Khanna

Managing Director, North America Shopify

As Shopify’s Managing Director for North America, Ritu is responsible for the growth and development of one of the company’s largest regions. Prior to taking on this role, she led the Financial Solutions team’s global commercial and operations functions, which included oversight of over 500+ partnerships, sales, pricing, and more.

Ritu’s career has been an intersection of product and commercial functions. Before joining Shopify, Ritu was the Head of Payment Products and Engineering at PayPal where her key focus was to expand the scope of financial partnerships, from transactional money movement to large-scale distribution collaborations.

Prior to her move into fintech, Ritu spent a number of years at leading financial institutions developing and growing credit products. She holds an BA in Economics from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business.