Ramesh Lakshminarayanan

Mr Ramesh Lakshminarayanan is the Group Head - Information Technology at HDFC Bank. Designated Chief Information Officer (CIO), Mr Ramesh will be responsible for taking the Bank’s technological transformation journey to the next level.

His role will cut across verticals at the bank. He will be responsible for technology strategy, strengthening foundational technology, enhancing the digital capabilities and harnessing new age AI/ML technology solutions for the bank.

Ramesh joins the bank from CRISIL, where he spent 3 years as Chief Technology and Information Officer. In this role, he was responsible for transformation of CRISIL’s businesses by leveraging technology, data and analytics. He joined CRISIL after a big data and analytics start-up - Pragmatix Services Pvt Ltd – that he co-founded was acquired by CRISIL in 2017.

An industry veteran with over 25 years of experience, Ramesh has held leadership positions with organizations such as Citibank, ABN AMRO Bank, and Kotak Mahindra Group.