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Harit Talwar is the Independent Chairman of the Board of Directors at Better Home & Finance Holding Co (BETR) since August 2023, where he recently purchased 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock on April 2, 2026, for $176,218, bringing his direct ownership to 30,698 shares.[[1]](https://au.investing.com/news/insider-trading-news/harit-talwar-better-home--finance-director-buys-176k-in-shares-93CH-4348338)[[2]](https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/HARIT-TALWAR-A01WL1/)[[5]](https://investors.better.com/governance/board-of-directors/default.aspx) With over three decades of global experience in consumer banking, payments, and financial services, Talwar has held senior leadership roles across major institutions, including Partner and Chairman of Goldman Sachs' global Consumer business (Marcus by Goldman Sachs), where he founded and scaled it into one of the world’s largest neobanks through partnerships with Apple, Amazon, Walmart, and others.[[3]](https://indiaspora.org/members/harit-talwar/)[[4]](https://aif.org/people/harit-talwar/)[[6]](https://www.inveniam.io/team/harit-talwar)[[7]](https://investor.mastercard.com/investor-news/investor-news-details/2022/Mastercard-Names-Harit-Talwar-to-Board-of-Directors/default.aspx)
Previously, he served as President of U.S. Cards and Chief Marketing Officer at Discover Financial Services (2009-2015), Managing Director for Morgan Stanley’s international Consumer business (2000-2004), and spent 15 years at Citibank in various consumer banking roles across Europe, India, the Middle East, and North America.[[2]](https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/HARIT-TALWAR-A01WL1/)[[4]](https://aif.org/people/harit-talwar/)[[6]](https://www.inveniam.io/team/harit-talwar)[[7]](https://investor.mastercard.com/investor-news/investor-news-details/2022/Mastercard-Names-Harit-Talwar-to-Board-of-Directors/default.aspx) Talwar currently serves on the boards of Mastercard (since 2022), KPMG US, Apexon, Inveniam Capital Partners, and others, and is Co-Chairman of the American India Foundation and a trustee of Asia Society and Ashoka University.[[2]](https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/HARIT-TALWAR-A01WL1/)[[4]](https://aif.org/people/harit-talwar/)[[6]](https://www.inveniam.io/team/harit-talwar)[[7]](https://investor.mastercard.com/investor-news/investor-news-details/2022/Mastercard-Names-Harit-Talwar-to-Board-of-Directors/default.aspx) He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.[[2]](https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/HARIT-TALWAR-A01WL1/)[[7]](https://investor.mastercard.com/investor-news/investor-news-details/2022/Mastercard-Names-Harit-Talwar-to-Board-of-Directors/default.aspx)
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