Archit H.

About Archit H.

Seasoned Transformation and IT Leader with 15+ years of experience delivering enterprise IT, data, regulatory, and operational transformation programs across global banks, public-sector institutions, and multinational enterprises, managing multi-million USD and GBP portfolios in highly regulated environments.Currently a Senior Vice President within the COO function at Citi, leading Regulatory Technology and Data Transformation programs under U.S. OCC and Federal Reserve consent order. Contributed to stabilising and driving execution of Citi’s multi-year consent-order portfolio, strengthening governance, delivery transparency, and audit readiness across business and control functions. Played a key role in implementing Citi’s Enterprise Data Operating Model, improving data governance and compliance sustainability, and led standardisation of reporting and tooling, reducing manual reporting effort by 40%.Previously led national-scale public-sector transformation programs for 12 UK Police Forces and the Jamaica Ministry of National Security (USD 2.4M / GBP 1.3M), USD 8M global automation programs at Maersk across 8 regions, and multi-million-dollar transformation initiatives at Ericsson. A certified NLP Practitioner, recognised for calm leadership under regulatory scrutiny, strong stakeholder influence, and a consistent focus on measurable outcomes, risk control, and sustainable change.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President - Data Transformation

   Citi

   Jan 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Enterprise delivery lead owning execution of regulator-visible Data and Regulatory Transformation programs under U.S. OCC and Federal Reserve consent order, operating at scale across a complex, multi-year remediation landscape.Accountable for end-to-end delivery governance, execution discipline, and audit readiness across Technology, Data, Risk, Compliance, and Operations, ensuring regulatory commitments translate into measurable, sustainable outcomes.Enterprise Outcomes & Achievements • Drove execution and stabilisation of Citi’s multi-year consent-order portfolio, improving delivery predictability, risk transparency, and traceability from regulatory commitments to execution outcomes • Led enterprise adoption of the Data Operating Model, strengthening data governance, quality controls, and compliance sustainability across multiple businesses • Established regulator-ready governance and reporting, enabling consistent, defensible updates to senior management, Internal Audit, and regulators • Owned cross-functional delivery alignment, resolving inter-program dependencies and accelerating decision-making in high-scrutiny environmentsDelivery & Governance Impact • Led enterprise rollout of a unified JIRA delivery platform across Wealth EDO, Technology, and Data • Enabled single source of truth for progress, cost, risks, and dependencies, significantly improving executive and regulator visibility • Reduced manual reporting effort by ~40%, improving data accuracy, audit readiness, and operational efficiency • Strengthened risk and issue management, driving early escalation and reducing delivery and compliance exposure

Education

• Lancaster University

  Msc, Mobile Broadband communications

  2009 — 2010

• Visvesvaraya Technological University

  BE, Telecommunications

Skills

• Project Planning
• Mobile Devices
• Business Transformation
• Project Governance
• Project Management
• Gsm
• Wireless
• Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (Wcdma)
• 3g
• Network Optimization
• Lte
• Stakeholder Management
• Antennas
• Wireless Technologies
• Prince2
• Process Improvement
• Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (Umts)
• Network Performance
• Transmission
• Ofdm
• Hspa
• Business Transition
• Wcdma
• Mobile Communications
• Umts
• Ran
• Edge
• Telecommunications
• Wimax
• Tems