Chetan Parekh

Chetan is a Partner in Cedar’s Dubai offices, and a leader in the firm’s Financial Technology practice. He comes with over 22 years of experience in helping clients transform their technology functions in the Financial Services sector. His expertise includes Digital and IT, Core Banking, Transaction Banking, Enterprise Architecture, FinTech partner evaluation, and the program management (PMO) for large technology roll-outs. Being a banking technology thought-leader, Chetan’s knowledge of Core Banking Systems is globally recognized. Prior to Cedar, his experience includes positions at British Telecom, Godrej & Boyce and Larsen & Toubro. Chetan graduated in Mechanical engineering from SPCE, Mumbai University & further went on to acquire an MBA from Sydenham Institute of Management, India. He has also earned an executive education from Harvard Business School.