Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2019 Winners Edition

www.finance-monthly.com 71 Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2019 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mphasis V SURYANARAYANAN ABOUT V SURYANARAYANAN V Suryanarayanan (Surya) is a Chartered Accountant with more than 35 years of experience, providing strategic leadership to companies in the areas of financial planning, accounting, taxation, legal and statutory compliance and treasury. He brings exceptional insight into systems and process improvements to achieve growth and profitability. As Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Mphasis, Surya is responsible for accounting, budgeting and forecasting, pricing, taxation and investor relations. Before joining Mphasis through the acquisition of AIG Captive in 2009, Surya was Vice President and CFO at AIG Systems Captive of AIG Inc., where he was instrumental in setting up the offshore development center, including obtaining necessary statutory approvals, and chartering and implementing policies and processes. Before AIG, he was the Vice President and CFO of Deutsche Software Captive of Deutsche Bank and General Manager and CFO at Ramco Systems in India. In 2014, Surya was the recipient of the CFO India Award. He was recently recognized as one of India’s 50 Best CFOs 2017-18 by White Page International. He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Surya holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from St. Xavier’s College and graduated with honors from Bombay University in economics. He has also attended executive management programs in the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) and the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. FIRM PROFILE Mphasis ( BSE: 526299; NSE: MPHASIS) is an applied technology services company. Established in 1992 and majority-owned by Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm, Mphasis applies next- generation technology to help enterprises transform businesses globally. Customer centricity is foundational to Mphasis and this is reflected in its Front2Back™ transformation approach. Front2Back™ uses the exponential power of cloud a nd cognitive to provide hyper-personalized (C=X2C 2 TM =1) d igital experiences to clients and their end customers. Mphasis’ Service Transformation approach helps to ‘shrink the core’through the application of digital technologies across legacy environments within an enterprise, enabling businesses to stay ahead in a changing world. Mphasis’ core reference architectures and tools, speed and innovation with domain expertise and specialization are key to building strong relationships with marquee clients. The objective of the Mphasis approach is to enable core systems to support and drive organizations’ digital imperatives with measurable KPIs and outcomes. Mphasis uses cognitive powered automation to help clients innovate, grow, and compete successfully. Cognitive technologies have the potential to solve traditional problems in industries across the financial services and insurance domains. Banking is actually one of the biggest adopters in automation, followed by insurance and healthcare. The company’s marquee customers include eight of the top ten US banks, five of the top ten European banks, eleven out of fifteen top mortgage lenders, and three top global insurance companies. In October 2019, Mphasis was awarded ‘2019 Partner of the Year’ by Pivotal, recognizing its expertise for at-scale enterprise application transformation. To find out more, go to www.mphasis.com Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2019 INDIA