Murali Nair

About Murali Nair

Financial services executive with 25 years of institutional depth — building, leading, and transforming the platforms that power global custody, wealth management, and capital markets at scale.My career spans three compounding phases: a decade as an engineer inside a Tier 1 global custodian, a decade as a product leader owning P&L and strategy across wealth and capital markets platforms, and a current chapter advising banking and financial services institutions on their most complex transformation programs.Institutional Depth: Seven years embedded within the technology organization of a top-5 global custodian — progressing from engineering manager to enterprise owner of investor services data, client reporting, and custody platforms supporting cross-border institutional operations. I understand how Tier 1 banks operate from the inside: the governance, the risk culture, the multi-vendor complexity, and what it takes to deliver.Platform & Product Leadership: I owned strategy and P&L across two generations of institutional platforms — managing a legacy record-keeping platform with $800Bn+ under administration while building a next-generation enterprise data and analytics platform from zero. Migrated institutional clients across custody, insurance, and banking verticals onto modern Data as a Service and self-serve analytics, re-platforming integration infrastructure to API-first services. From 2015, added a commercial mandate — driving new business while leading modernization of a global custody platform for a Canadian sub-custodian, meeting PIPEDA, OSFI, FINTRAC, AML/KYC, and cross-border data residency requirements.Strategic Advisory: Today I partner with C-suite leaders on legacy modernization, platform transformation, data and AI strategy, and operating model redesign — bringing a perspective to both banking and capital markets clients: I have designed these systems, owned their P&L, and advised on the strategies that govern them. Areas of expertise: Institutional Platform Strategy · Custody & Fund Administration · Wealth & Capital Markets Transformation · Data & AI Strategy · Regulatory Technology (PIPEDA · OSFI · FINTRAC · AML/KYC) · Operating Model Design · P&L OwnershipForbes Technology Council - Executive Member & Expert advisor to Dialectica and Third Bridge.

Experience

1. Senior Client Partner, Banking and Financial Services

   Infosys

   Dec 2025 — Present · US

   Client Advisory: Serve as Senior Client Partner and strategic advisor to C-suite and senior technology leaders at leading Banking & Financial Services institutions — translating complex business challenges into technology-enabled transformation strategies.• Solutioning: Lead solutioning and consultative engagement across digital modernization, platform transformation, data & AI strategy, and operating model redesign — aligning Infosys capabilities to measurable client outcomes.• Business Development: Drive new business development and portfolio expansion across FS accounts — identifying strategic growth opportunities, orchestrating cross-functional pursuit teams, and closing transformational engagements.• Executive Engagement: Act as trusted executive liaison bridging client strategy and Infosys delivery — ensuring alignment between client mandates, program governance, and technology execution at scale

Education

• St. Xavier's College

  PGDCA, Computer Science

  1999 — 2000

• Gujarat University

  BSc, Chemistry

  1997 — 1999

• C-DAC

  Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Computer Science, Computers

  2000 — 2001

Skills

• Program Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Vendor Management
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Leadership
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Lean Six Sigma
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Data Modeling
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• C++
• Business Analysis
• Global Delivery
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Business Strategy
• IT Strategy
• Automation
• Pre-Sales
• Soa
• C#
• Pl/Sql
• Requirements Gathering
• Etl
• Enterprise Architecture
• Business Development
• Data Warehousing
• Business Requirements
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Software Project Management
• Agile Methodologies