Surajit Deb
President & CTO | Enterprise Digital Transformation | AI, Data & Technology Strategy for Tier-1 Financial Institutions
- Role
- President & Chief Technology Officer - Group Subsidiaries and Private Bank at Kotak Mahindra Bank
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Surajit Deb
Results-driven Senior Executive specializing in transforming technology into a strategic competitive advantage for Tier-1 financial institutions. I design and execute tech-led strategies that accelerate revenue, harden operational resilience, and drive long-term stakeholder value across a diverse domain landscape, including Wealth Management, Capital Markets, Securities Trading, Lending, Insurance, and Asset Management.Core CompetenciesStrategic Growth: Engineering technology roadmaps that catalyze market expansion and revenue streams.Change Execution & Agility: Leading large-scale digital transformation programs to deliver tangible ROI and business speed.Operational Excellence: Modernizing legacy infrastructure to optimize cost and achieve enterprise-scale efficiency.Risk & Governance: Architecting cyber-resilience and oversight frameworks to navigate complex regulatory landscapes.High-Stakes Leadership: Cultivating high-performance, cross-functional teams within rigorous, highly regulated environments.
Experience
President & Chief Technology Officer - Group Subsidiaries and Private Bank
May 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN
I provide strategic oversight for technology, digital, and data-related transformation and operations across the Group, including oversight of CIOs/CTOs across various group entities to foster synergies in technology operations, systems and data architecture evolution, and AI adoption. Key to my role is driving the “One Kotak” digital agenda, which focuses on enabling our customers to seamlessly access products and services manufactured by various businesses within the group. This encompasses evolving our wealth management capabilities offered through Kotak Private Bank, broking capabilities offered through Kotak Neo, revamping onboarding and servicing journeys in auto lending, asset management, and insurance, building new offerings for emerging areas like international investments, and building a robust digital, technology and data backbone for cross-selling between group entities.
Education
Indian School of Business
Advanced Management Program, Business Analytics & AI
2017 — 2019
Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics (IRPE), University of Calcutta
Bachelor of Technology, Radiophysics & Electronics
1996 — 1999
Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
PGCPM, General Management
2004 — 2005
Skills
- Digital Transformation
- Spring
- Retail Banking
- Analytics
- Solution Architecture
- Xml
- Bpm
- Java
- Program Management
- Architecture
- Architectures
- Jms
- Digital
- Content Management
- Uml
- Cloud Computing
- Digital Strategy
- Soa
- Salesforce.com Consulting
- Java Enterprise Edition
- Enterprise Architecture
- Banking
- Hibernate
- Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
- Spring Framework
- Salesforce.com
- Business Process Design
- Financial Transactions
- Multi-Channel Sales
- J2ee
- Big Data
- Agile Methodologies
- Ifw
- Business Analysis
- IT Strategy
- Portals
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