Chief Information Officer India · Global perspective
The person behind
the decisions.
I connect enterprise technology decisions with the way an organisation serves customers, manages risk and gets work done. My experience spans systems modernisation, information governance and the development of technology operating models that business leaders can understand and support.
I see the CIO's role as a bridge between long-lived architecture and immediate business needs. Progress requires a clear view of dependencies, a realistic transition path and a willingness to make difficult choices about the legacy estate. It also requires technology teams that listen well and business teams that share ownership of the change.
My leadership centres on trust, practical sequencing and transparency. I want the organisation to know what its technology enables, what it depends on and where resilience needs attention.
Open to Board appointments · Advisory roles · Speaking invitations
Languages / English · Hindi · Marathi
A leadership conviction
Enterprise technology must support change while keeping essential work dependable. I begin with business capabilities, make dependencies visible and agree ownership of the transition with operating leaders. Resilience and adoption belong in the investment case from the start.
- Applications retired
- 62%
- Simplified estate in three years
- Core platform availability
- 99.98%
- Through a full modernisation
- Run-cost released
- ₹740 Cr
- Reinvested in digital products
- Countries on one ERP
- 14
- From nine legacy systems
Career chapters
2020 — Present 01
Chief Information Officer
Aldermoor Group
Accountable for enterprise technology strategy, information governance and service resilience. Partnering with business leaders on modernisation priorities, transition risk and the operating model for technology services.
2016 — 2020 02
Vice President, Enterprise Technology
Fairhaven Holdings
Led enterprise systems and technology delivery teams through application change and service integration. Developed an approach that connects architecture decisions with business ownership and practical adoption.
2011 — 2016 03
Head of Enterprise Architecture
Meridian Consolidated
Designed the target architecture that let the group consolidate acquisitions in months rather than years.
2006 — 2011 04
Programme Director, Core Systems
Westmoor Housing Finance
Delivered a core-banking replacement with zero customer-facing outages, and learned how to sequence risk.
Board & advisory record
Current appointments
Westmoor Housing Finance
Independent Director
IT Strategy (Chair) · Risk
2022 — Present
The Digital Public Goods Council
Advisory Board Member
Cyber Resilience Working Group
2020 — Present
Education & credentials
- M.Tech, Computer Science
- Indian Institute of Technology · 2001
- Certified Information Security Manager
- ISACA · 2014
- MBA, Strategy & Finance
- Westbrook School of Management · 2004
Recognition
CIO 100
The Technology Leaders Review · 2024
Digital Transformation of the Year
The Enterprise Technology Awards · 2022
Books & papers
The Resilient Enterprise: A Board Guide to Technology Risk
Ashgrove Press · 2024
In conversation
The Technology Leaders Review / 2025
Retiring 600 applications without breaking the business
The Boardroom Review / 2024
What boards should ask about cyber resilience
The Leadership Ledger podcast / 2023
Episode 98 — Technology debt is a strategy decision
Perspectives from colleagues
Made technology a boardroom conversation about outcomes, not acronyms.
Modernised the core while the business kept running at full speed. A rare combination of courage and care.