Kavita Viswanath

Kavita is the Senior Vice President and Country Head for Toast in India, leading the organization's technology innovation in one of its fastest-expanding global hubs. She is a seasoned technocrat and industry leader with over 25 years of experience driving business growth at the intersection of technology, e-commerce, and SaaS. She brings deep expertise in enterprise sales, strategic alliances, and go-to-market execution across APAC and India. Known for her strategic acumen and her ability to build high performing commercial and technical teams, Kavita has consistently enabled global organizations to achieve operational excellence and market leadership. Her passion lies in transforming challenges into opportunities, fostering innovation, and delivering sustainable, customer centric growth in an evolving digital landscape.

Under her leadership, Toast India has taken full, end to end ownership of critical business charters that directly shape the company's global product direction. Local teams build and run key capabilities across Fintech, Fraud and Risk, AI, Enterprise Solutions, and global support operations, the software, product, and services that keep restaurant and retail businesses running worldwide. They own each charter from architecture through launch and beyond.

Alongside that ownership, Kavita has built a strong local leadership team to represent India on the global stage, steering the team through major company milestones and industry events. Her focus on team development and workplace standards has helped build an award winning culture. During her tenure, Toast India has been recognized as one of India's Great Mid size Workplaces and Best Workplaces in IT and IT-BP for two consecutive years.