Irina Chuchkina

Irina is Chief Growth Officer at Wallet in Telegram, one of the world's most widely distributed crypto platforms, with over 150 million registered users.
She has held senior leadership roles across some of the industry's many recognized names — from Thunes and Rapyd to Grab and Visa — building brands, scaling markets, and driving growth across Europe and Asia.

Her career spans the full arc of modern payments: from pioneering contactless payments at Visa, to launching mobile wallets and loyalty platforms at the super app Grab, to leading unicorn-stage growth at Rapyd, and now defining the next frontier of crypto adoption at scale.

Irina is an active voice in conversations shaping the future of payments, embedded finance, and the convergence of crypto and consumer financial services.