Former CISO at YES Bank, Rajesh Thapar has been appointed as the Head of IT and Information Security at OakNorth. OakNorth is a UK Bank providing loans to small and mid-sized businesses in the UK. A veteran CISO in the banking space, Thapar has extensive expertise in ISO 27001, IT Strategy, Management, Pre-sales, and Management Information Systems (MIS).
Prior to working at YES Bank, Thapar was with IBM India as Information Security and Risk Management Lead, delivering IT security and risk management functions across manifold strategic outsourcing clients. He has also worked with Citigroup Global Services (now TCS eServe) and IDBI Bank.
December 2019
Kiran Belsekar joins Aegon Life as Vice President - Information Security
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Kiran Belsekar, CISO, Aegon Life Insurance
Former SVP - Head of Information Technology & Cybersecurity at ENAM, Kiran Belsekar joined Aegon Life as Vice President - Information Security. Belsekar has accrued over 16 years of experience in IT services in BPOs & KPOs, manufacturing, retail, banking, life insurance & the media domain.
He has proven his expertise in managing IT, information security & risk management, IT operations, IT infrastructure, ERP, managing IT budgets, and enterprise mobility solutions. In addition, Belsekar has demonstrated the ability to work in established organizations as well as startups.
November 2019
Former Sr. GM-Information Technology at WNS Global Services, Allwyn Pereira, joins SPi Global as Head of IT Security
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Allwyn Pereira at CSO100 Awards by IDG India
Allwyn Pereira has joined SPi Global as Head of IT Security. Pereira is an ISACA-certified Information Security Manager and was the Sr. Group Manager - Information Technology at WNS Global Services.
Prior to joining WNS, Pereira was the Director of Information Technology at Sutherland Global Services, where he worked for over 4.5 years.
Former Head of Technology at Motilal Oswal Financial Services, Amit Jaokar joins NKGSB Bank as CISO & CDO
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Amit Jaokar at CSO100 Awards by IDG India
Amit Jaokar, who was previously Head of Technology at Motilal Oswal Financial Services, has been appointed as the Chief Digital Officer & Chief Information Security Officer at NKGSB Bank.
A seasoned IT professional, Jaokar is passionate about creating business opportunities for the connected world. He has expertise in cloud computing, mobility, virtualization, IT infrastructure, IoT, digitization, BYOD and information security.
October 2019
Fal Ghancha appointed Chief Information Security Officer at DSP Mutual Fund
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Fal Ghancha at CSO100 Awards by IDG India
Former CISO at Aegon Life Insurance, Fal Ghancha joined DSP Mutual Fund in October 2019. In his current role, he is solely responsible for information and cybersecurity governance, policies & processes, security audits, formulating business continuity plan, and running disaster recovery drills. He won the CSO100 Award in 2019 as well as in 2018.
September 2019
Prateek Mishra appointed Head-Information Security at IIFL Wealth
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Prateek Mishra at CSO100 Awards by IDG India
Prateek Mishra was the CISO at IDBI Federal Life Insurance prior to joining IIFL Wealth. He has experience in various domains of information security and has worked with companies like Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank, in addition to his stint at IDBI.
August 2019
Shashank Bajpai joins Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India as CISO
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Shashank Bajpai at CSO100 Awards
The former Chief Information and Security Officer at Acko General Insurance, Shashank Bajpai, is now the security chief at Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC).
He brings more than a decade of experience in the information security domain, with an extensive background in leading corporate IT infrastructure strategy, creating an end-to-end infosec risk posture, and implementing key cybersecurity policies and controls.
June 2019
Manikant R Singh joins DMI Finance as Chief Information Security Officer
Former Head-IT & CISO at Orbis Financial, Manikant R Singh, has joined DMI Finance as CISO. At DMI Finance, Singh will be Reporting to the Jt. Managing Director.
In his current role, his priorities include API & information security, developing in-depth defence, formulating cybersecurity strategies, business automation, cloud strategies, BCP & DP, ensuring high availability and other security compliances.
May 2019
Mohd Shadab Siddiqui joins Hotstar as head of information security and trust
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Mohd Shadab Siddiqui at the CSO100 Awards by IDG India
Mohd Shadab Siddiqui has joined Hotstar as head of information security and trust. Siddiqui was the head of information security, trust, fraud, risk and compliance at Ola.
He stated that being responsible for security, privacy and trust at that scale is an exciting experience.
March 2019
SafexPay appoints Deepak Kalambkar as its new AVP-Infrastructure & CSO
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Deepak Kalambkar at the CSO100 Awards by IDG India
Former IT Head and CISO of Marvel Data Services, Deepak Kalambkar has joined SafexPay as the AVP-Infrastructure. At Safexpay, Kalambkar is responsible for the total Infrastructure and the compliance of ISO 27001 and PCI-DSS.
He shared that at SafexPay, he would be looking after the total Infrastructure and also play parts of the CISO’s role. In a career spanning over two decades, he has previously worked at Progressive Infotech, Nextstep Infotech, Seeinfobiz, CMS Computers and Alphabetic Business Machines.
OYO appoints former Paytm security leader Aditya Khullar as Head-Cybersecurity (Sr. EM)
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Aditya Khullar at CSO100 Awards by IDG India
Paytm’s former tech security leader, Aditya Khullar has been appointed as the head of cybersecurity (Sr. EM) at India’s largest hotel network – OYO Rooms.
In the past, Khullar has worked for various global firms such as Aricent Technologies, HCL Infosystems, Bank of America and Interglobe Enterprises.
Former TransUnion CIBIL security leader Shiju Rawther joins India Infoline as Executive VP-IT
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Shiju Rawther at CSO100 Awards by IDG India
The former head of IT infra and security operations at TransUnion CIBIL, Shiju Rawther has now joined financial services major, India Infoline as Executive VP-IT.
With close to two decades of experience accrued across India’s top companies like Sify, Wipro Infotech and Fullerton India Credit Company, Rawther has bagged the prestigious CIO100 as well CSO100 awards in 2016 and 2018 respectively. He is also an advisory board member of CSO Online.
February 2019
Nissan Motors appoints Dr Lopa Mudraa Basuu as global head of cybersecurity, governance, risk & compliance
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Dr Lopa Mudraa Basuu at CSO100 Awards by IDG India
Cybersecurity veteran and evangelist, Dr Lopa Mudraa Basuu, was appointed Global Head of Cybersecurity, Risk Governance & Compliance at Nissan Motor Corp.
Prior to joining Nissan, Basuu headed security, risk and governance functions for industry majors such as OCWEN Financial, SLK Global and contributed her career to MetLife and Infosys Technologies in leading roles.