Leaders Who Make Azentio A Market Leader.

Sanjay was appointed as Group CEO of Azentio in August 2023. Drawing upon 25 years of customer-centric leadership in global software and security enterprises, Sanjay’s expertise encompasses program development that drives revenue and expansion. In his recent role as Chief Revenue Officer at Datto - a renowned provider of cloud-based software and security solutions - Sanjay led Datto’s go-to-market strategy, culminating in the company’s IPO and its eventual acquisition by Kaseya in June 2022. Prior to his tenure at Datto, Sanjay spent nearly 18 years at Akamai Technologies, building and overseeing various go-to-market functions across the globe.

At Azentio, Krish defines the strategic path for the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance vertical with the objective of helping organizations adopt a digital-first approach and enable seamless digital experiences for their customers. His technical expertise and domain knowledge across core banking, lending, trade finance, treasury, risk & compliance and analytics, has been the differentiator in product innovation, client engagement, and operational excellence.

Krish brings over 25 years of nuanced BFSI experience to the table. Prior to Azentio, Krish led the banking vertical at 3i Infotech, driving sales, presales, product, and delivery. Earlier, he had held leadership roles at Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Ltd as Vice President – New Strategic Business Initiatives and at ICICI Bank as the Head of Technology Management Group. At ICICI Bank, he was responsible for technology investment and strategy across the ICICI Group. He was part of the core team which set up ICICI Bank’s credit card business and supported multi-fold business growth for the bank as Head of Credit Card Operations. He started his career in banking with Standard Chartered bank in Bangalore.

Krish is a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Bharathiar University in Tamil Nadu, India. He is currently based in Mumbai, India, with his wife and two sons.

A business growth synergist, Surya has steered the ERP product, Orion, through series of augmentations to keep it technologically rich and functionally relevant. Surya advises clients on solutions related to digital transformation, customer experience, mining and useful analysis of data, thus helping businesses differentiate across Asia, Middle East, Africa, and Europe.

Prior to Azentio, Surya led the ERP business with additional responsibilities for the IT Services business at 3i Infotech, accountable for over 70% of the company’s global revenues. Earlier, he was Vice President, Sales at Oracle Financial Services for over a decade. A high energy, outcomes-focused leader, Surya has consistently and successfully driven growth by creating new market opportunities and penetrating existing ones.

Surya supports causes related to education, wellness, and the software products industry.

Abdo, as Chief Information & Security Officer, sets the strategic course for the enterprise-wide technology infrastructure and information systems, including risk management and security of Azentio’s digital assets.

Abdo has over 30 years of diverse experience in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). His deep expertise spans across all ICT functions ranging from information security, disaster recovery, capacity building, enterprise digital architecture restructuring, development and integration of enterprise tools to improve process efficiency and visibility of resource utilization, costs and risks. Prior to Azentio, Abdo has been in leadership roles at Path Solutions – Kuwait, Cisco Systems in San Jose, California (USA), with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and at Texas Instruments – PACC in Lebanon.

An Electrical & Electronics Engineer by profession, Abdo is a certified and accredited trainer (from APMG/ISACA) in Information Security Management (CISM), Data Privacy (CDPSE), IT Governance (COBIT, CGEIT) and IT Audit (CISA). He is certified in Project Management (PMP & PRINCE2) and Cybersecurity (CSX).

Abdo is a Board Member and former President of ISACA Lebanon. He is a part-time instructor at École Supérieure des Affaires (ESA) – Institute for Finance and Governance (IFG) and at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Information Security.

As Chief Financial Officer, Gaurav heads the finance, accounting, corporate development and commercial excellence functions at Azentio. He guides Azentio’s financial strategy, leveraging his strong growth mindset and extensive hands-on experience in transforming and scaling IT businesses, both organically and inorganically through M&A and strategic partnerships.

He was previously the Global Controller of Wipro Limited, responsible for driving excellence in external financial reporting, consolidation of financials, accounting compliance and controls, process simplification, running the Accounts Payable shared services and implementation of emerging technologies in finance. In his 20 years with Wipro, he has played multiple roles in the Finance function including Internal Audit, Large Deals, Business Finance Head in 4 different units responsible for driving revenue growth and profitability, M&A related activities and as Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Head.

Gaurav is a Chartered Accountant, a Company Secretary and a Certified Treasury Manager.

He is based in Bangalore with his wife and 2 children.

Savitha joined Azentio as Head - Contracts. She manages the entire Contracts Function (including clients, partners and vendor contracts) across Azentio Group. Presently, Savitha is the interim General Counsel spearheading the Legal team and providing legal support, advice and guidance across legal and compliance matters.

Savitha is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience, including as an Independent Lawyer & Partner of a mid-sized law firm. She is specialized in corporate & commercial laws and employment laws and has varied experience advising domestic and international clients, both start-ups and established companies in different sectors.

Savitha holds a BSc & LLB degrees from Bangalore University, Karnataka, India and an LLM (Business Law) from Kuvempu University, Karnataka, India.

As Chief People Officer, Karthik drives the function globally to build long-term value for Azentio by developing and executing scalable people strategies and practices. His focus is on making Azentio an employer of choice – one that helps people thrive in a high-growth environment.

A human resources professional with over 20 years of rich global experience, Karthik VPB is passionate about building organizations and harmonizing human capital with business growth. He has created and led high performing HR organizations. A believer and practitioner of “transactional excellence fosters transformations”, he is at his best while decoding complex ambiguous problems and implementing innovative and sustainable solutions.

Karthik joins us from Prosus Group (formerly Naspers), where he was responsible for building, leading and transforming high performing HR functions while consulting and nurturing talent across Prosus’ segments in APAC and in its Fintech segment globally. Earlier, Karthik held key regional and global human resources roles across business in leading companies, including Harman, CSC, Motorola and DuPont. He has also co-founded a successful HR consulting company. He is currently an honorary advisor to the RBI Innovation Hub.

Karthik is a human resource post-graduate from XLRI Jamshedpur and holds a Senior Executive Leadership Certification from INSEAD. He is a certified executive coach with a Mechanical Engineering degree from Annamalai University.

With roots from the shores of Tamil Nadu, India, Karthik currently lives in Chennai. Outside work, Karthik loves to explore exotic cuisines and ancient architecture and pursues sustainable farming and community service in his ancestral town.