NEW YORK — Cannabis wholesale platform LeafLink named Ashwin Raj Chief Executive Officer September 18.
Raj brings experience from other technology and commerce platforms. As CEO of ezCater, he led the company’s expansion into an enterprise food platform. At Lyft, he served as executive vice president and Head of Ridesharing, where he played a pivotal role in steering the company through its IPO and navigating the challenges of the pandemic. Prior to that, he held senior leadership positions at Amazon, where he led third-party seller services for Amazon Pay, and Visa, where he helped spearhead the company’s growth into mobile payments and digital financial services.
In his new role, Raj will guide the next phase of LeafLink’s product strategy. The company aims to expand access to modern commerce and financial tools for licensed cannabis operators and retailers while helping the cannabis industry scale.






