
Chaitanya Wagh
Executive Director, Group Chief Technology Officer of JM Financial Ltd., Mumbai, India
Chaitanya is Information Technology & Digital Transformation leader with close to three decades of experience. He is responsible for IT Strategy and Roadmap, Business Transformations, IT Service Delivery and Operations for JM Financial Group. Chaitanya has strong leadership skills, strategic planning ability and global vision to expand the business impact of IT. Technology, he says, is not for the sake of technology, but should have focus on Business Value Creation. He has played various value added senior management roles, partnering with CXOs in influencing overall direction of all technology functions associated within the enterprise. Chaitanya’s core strengths are to work with Passion and Commitment, Connect with People and having Clear set of Values. Chaitanya has an exceptional track record as an innovative and accomplished technologist in Financial Services industry. His enriched experience includes managing global team footprints and his prior organizations include UBS Securities, JM Morgan Stanley, DSP Merrill Lynch etc. On spiritual side, he believes in Swami Vivekananda’s Advaita Vedanta philosophy that we are spiritual souls having a human experience and our goal is to realize the divinity within. Chaitanya holds Engineering degree (B.E.) in Electronics from University of Pune. He holds many professional certifications and he speaks frequently on evolving world of IT.