Dhivya Suryadevara
Chief Executive Officer, Optum Financial Services

Dhivya Suryadevara was named CEO of Optum Financial Services in February 2024. In this role she is responsible for furthering its mission to revolutionize how care is financed and paid for. The Financial Services business continues to evolve from its origins in health banking and savings accounts to creating new products and services to improve financial access and support for our consumers and providers across the health system.

Prior to joining UnitedHealth Group, Dhivya previously served as chief financial officer for Stripe, a global FinTech company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. In addition to leading the finance organization at Stripe, Dhivya had responsibility for its Operations, Risk and Global Partnerships functions. Prior to Stripe, Dhivya was at General Motors, starting as a financial analyst and rising through the ranks to become the automaker’s chief financial officer in 2018. Early in her career, Dhivya worked at UBS and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Dhivya earned degrees from the University of Madras and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 2000 as well as an MBA from the Harvard Business School.