Earlier, Paavan worked for McKinsey & Company with clients across the U.S., Africa and India where he advised C-level executives across sectors such as Banking, Private Equity, Healthcare, Non-profit, Shipping,Agriculture, Power etc. and on a wide range of topics related to Technology, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Strategy and Human Resources. Prior to McKinsey, Paavan spent five years at Capital One Financial Services in Richmond, VA, leveraging data analytics to streamline credit card operations across Customer Services, Risk Management and Fraud divisions, and was subsequently part of building the company’s mortgage lending division.