Prasanna Lohar — CEO
🌍 Award Winning CXO Banker, Digital Architect, Industry Innovator, Board Member , Fintech Influencer, Startup Mentor, Leadership Coach , Bank Advisor 24+ Yrs of experience at all levels, Engineering, Management, and Innovation as CXO. I have worked Globally for Banks, Fintech, Micro-Finance, Engineering, and Multi-National companies for Digital & Architecture Transformation. I am closely associated with cutting-edge technology adoption Strategy, Assimilation, Experimentation, Innovative Customer Servicing & Engagement, Robust Architecture Implementation, Fintech & Start-up Alignment, Open Innovation practices, Ecosystem Collaboration with Govt, BigTech , Fintech , banks , Academia. 💡Expertise - - Experience in Organization Strategy, Leadership Development & Employee Engagement Programs, BU & Company Setup - Emerging Tech CoE Champion - Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, BIG Data, RPA , Cloud - Innovation Program & Framework Management - Advisor to BigTech, Governments - Business Models with Fintech, Startup , Open Banking Acceleration - Digital Transformation Strategy Builder for Banking Ecosystem - Experience in Banking, Payments, Acquiring & Card Issuance, Fintech - Banking Products, Applications, Core, Customer Digital Channels Expert - Engineering, DevOps, Enterprise Architecture, API Banking, Public Infrastructure Platform Expert 🚀Career Positions : - Worked 360 degrees in Banking Ecosystem as Banker (DCB Bank , Union Bank of India ) Fintech ( Block Stack TransBnk , Moringa ) and Technology Provider ( Worldline & Mastek UK) - President at India Blockchain Forum, with a vision to make India a global hub for Blockchain and Web 3.0. Participated at National, State, and international level Forums for Blockchain Adoption - Advisor to Union Bank of India : Currently implementing Innovation strategy at 3rd Larget Bank in India - CEO at Block Stack: Currently I am practicing Blockchain & Deeptech Research, Digital Transformation, Innovation Implementation & Architecture Orchestration as CEO at Block Stack for Building Next-Gen Banking Platforms for Web 3 World. - Director at Association of Emerging Technologies India: To promote emerging technology-based education. - Future Transformation Advisor for Banking Ecosystem. I am advising banks on Digital Transformation, Innovation, Cloud Computing, Security & Audit, Artificial Intelligence Web 3.0, Blockchain, Payment, Banking, and Metaverse. - Ex-Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Digital Officer, and Enterprise Architect at DCB Bank Ltd - Architect at Worldline and Mastek Ltd.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Blockchain expert with extensive leadership experience in digital transformation.
Location: Mumbai, India
Experience: 24 yrs 7 mos
Skills
- Digital Transformation
- Innovation Strategy
- Blockchain
- Policy Advocacy
- Mentoring
- Investment Support
- Startup Leadership
- Venture Capital
- Blockchain Security
- Board Advisory
- Ai Security
- Blockchain Adoption
- Blockchain Architecture
- Web 3.0
- Digital Banking
Career Highlights
- Award-winning CXO with 24+ years in banking and fintech.
- Expert in digital transformation and blockchain implementation.
- Leader in fostering innovation and startup ecosystems.
Work Experience
Paramotor Digital Technology Limited
𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 (2 mos)
AIShield
Advisory Board Member (4 mos)
IndiaFIF2026
Organsing Commitee Member (5 mos)
Zitics: Automation Meets Lending Excellence
Advisory Board Member (6 mos)
IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Banking, NBFC and Finance Committee Member (7 mos)
Imperative Business Ventures Limited
Independent Director (9 mos)
SecureDApp - Blockchain & Web3 Security
Advisory Board Member (10 mos)
Global Tokenization Forum
Advisory Board Member (10 mos)
FSV Labs
Co-Founder (1 yr 2 mos)
Shipfinex
Marine Asset Technical Committee (MATC) (1 yr 2 mos)
Moringa TechSolv Pvt. Ltd.
Advisory Board Member (1 yr 2 mos)
Future Transformation
Founding Director (1 yr 2 mos)
EY
Senior Consultant (4 mos)
Messe Muenchen India
Principal Project Architect (1 yr 3 mos)
Prodevans Technologies
Independent Director (1 yr 3 mos)
OMS Fintech Account Aggregator Pvt. Ltd
Independent Director (1 yr 6 mos)
GrowthCap Ventures
Mentor and Investor (2 yrs)
The Digital Economist
Senior Fellow Blockchain (2 yrs 1 mo)
Indian Chamber of Commerce
Technology Expert at ICC National Committee (BFSI) (2 yrs 7 mos)
BFSI Committee Member (5 yrs 10 mos)
Union Bank of India
Innovation and Transformation Advisor (2 yrs 8 mos)
FSV Capital
Director (2 yrs 9 mos)
Plada Infotech Services Pvt Ltd.
Non-Executive Independent Director at Plada Infotech Services Limited (2 yrs 11 mos)
Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs
Independent Director (3 yrs)
Block Stack
Chief Executive Officer (2 yrs 4 mos)
PayCircle
Chief Innovation Officer (2 yrs 4 mos)
India Blockchain Forum
Founder (3 yrs 8 mos)
Diamante
Chief Innovation Officer (2 yrs 5 mos)
Government of Telangana
Strategic Advisor (3 yrs 10 mos)
India FinTech Forum
Executive Committee Member (4 yrs)
Convenor (4 yrs 2 mos)
DCB Bank
Vice President Technology ( Digital , Innovation & Architecture ) (2 yrs 5 mos)
Head Digital | Innovation | Architecture (3 yrs)
Head Innovation & Architecture (2 yrs 11 mos)
Head of Technology - Digital Channels (2 yrs)
Association for Emerging Technologies
Director (6 yrs 8 mos)
Worldline Global
Sr. Manager , Global Technical Architect (2 yrs 5 mos)
Technical Architect (3 yrs 3 mos)
Mastek Ltd
Technical Architect (1 yr 9 mos)
Maire Tecnimont
Sr. Software Engineer (4 yrs 8 mos)
Digital Alchemy India Pvt. Ltd.
Software Engineer (11 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) at Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vishnupuri, Nanded