Birendra Agarwal — CEO

Birendra is an entrepreneurial global banking and financial services technology executive with work experience and citizenship status in US, UK and India. His expertise spans Capital Markets (FX / Fixed Income), Wealth Management, Retail and Commercial Banking, with a particular focus on Digital Transformation, Cost Optimisation and Global Capability Centres (GCC). His portfolio of activities includes strategic advisory services to financial institutions and Fintech companies, IT service providers, Venture Capital and Private Equity firms. He is a Limited Partner Advisor in Fintech focused funds in NY and India and leads the Technology Expert Services at Martello Global. Birendra is seeking NED / Independent Director roles and is also open to opportunities in financial technology in New York and London. Birendra graduated from IIT Bombay and worked in the auto industry on high performance computing after his Masters degree. He joined Citi at Salomon Brothers in NY in 1994 and progressed through various business facing roles in New York and London before leaving Citi in August 2008, last position being in London as CIO for Global Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities. After spending 3 years as CIO for Nomura’s India based GCC servicing the Global Markets (Wholesale) business, he returned to London and joined Lloyds Bank as CIO for Commercial Banking (Markets and Transaction Banking). At Lloyds he worked closely with the business leadership team on the digital transformation agenda for the Commercial Bank. Most recently he led an IT Transformation programme focused on simplifying the architecture and optimising the cost of technology at Close Brothers as CIO for the Banking division. Birendra is passionate about Innovation and Fintech and is a Mentor at Level39 and advisor to many startups. He has been Chair of the REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) Inclusion & Diversity network at Lloyds and at Close Brothers. He is a keen Cricket fan and served on the Audit Committee for the International Cricket Council from 2008-2012 as an Independent Member. Non-Executive Director / Independent Director / Digital Transformation / Agile / Cloud / DevOps / Fintech / Financial Services / Capital Markets / Transaction Banking / Retail Banking / Commercial Banking / Wealth Management / Foreign Exchange / FX / Private Equity / Venture Capital / Business Transformation / People Leadership / Information Technology Strategy & Management / Offshoring / Global Resource Strategy / Strategic Sourcing / Expert Witness / Tech Disputes …and Cricket Administration!

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech executive with extensive experience in banking and digital transformation.

Location: New York City, United States

Experience: 34 yrs 5 mos