Balaji Viswanathan is the MD & CEO at Expleo Solutions. In a career spanning 27 years, he has been with the Banking and Payment Card Industry for over 16 years and with Technology and Process Outsourcing for over a decade.

Played a pivotal role for 12 plus years in developing two start-up Banks (HDFC Bank and YES Bank) and three years with a Global Payment Franchise (MasterCard) supporting their Operations and Technology for the South Asia market. In the Tech and Process outsourcing Industry, associated with IBM Daksh (later acquired by Concentrix) for nine (9) years across Solutions, Pre-Sales, and Global Delivery for the BFSI sector.

In a nutshell, a technology enthusiast and keen to understand the business application of technology.

Recent accolades:

• Certified in Automation using open source, Data Science and Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain.
• Recognised twice as Asia's Most Promising Business Leader by Economic Times.
• Inducted into the Economic Times India Leadership Council.