SRIHARSHA NARASIMHAN (F.IOD)

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Independent Director, Board Director

Technology Strategist, Risk & Cybersecurity Advisor 

Demonstrates 38+ years of expertise in digital technologies, including product R&D, system design, cybersecurity, mission-critical infrastructure, and risk management across banking, manufacturing, public sector, and stock exchanges. Served as CTO at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, leading strategy for NonStop platforms, Superdome X, security frameworks (RBI, PCI-DSS), Network Security, benchmarks for SBI and stock exchanges, and ML-based fraud detection for Telecom.

Serves as Independent Director, enhancing board strategy on digital transformation, corporate governance, ESG/BRSR sustainability, and regulatory compliance. Advises executives and boards, drives stakeholder value, fosters cross-functional collaboration, and facilitates training on emerging technologies.

Decodes emerging digital technologies for boards, aligns business goals with regulations, designs critical infrastructure solutions, and delivers measurable outcomes in value-based selling, M&A integration, business turnaround, and startups.

• Independent Director of listed company, experienced in corporate governance, ESG, and BRSR, enhancing board-level digital fluency and sustainability.
• Serves on the Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee, and is the Chairperson of the Stakeholder Relationship Committee.
• Former CTO at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Mission Critical Solutions & Aruba Networks), steering fault-tolerant solutions architecture and secure networking for regulated and other sectors.
• Managed P&L for NonStop and Aruba Security Solutions portfolios, delivering eight consecutive years of profitable growth and leading high-performing, cross-functional teams.
• Architected and implemented critical ATM and debit card authorization infrastructure for India’s Tier 1 and Tier 2 banks, supporting 80% of the nation’s debit card transaction authorizations and ensuring RBI/PCI-DSS compliance (2008-2018).
• Advised banks and NBFCs on NIST and ISO-aligned network and cybersecurity strategies (NAC, SOAR) for RBI regulatory mandates (2018-2021).
• Guided CxOs, board committees, and strategic partners on enterprise infrastructure, operational resilience, and cybersecurity for mission-critical business platforms (2010-2023).
• Effectively managed crisis escalations and business continuity for critical infrastructure hosted NonStop, Superdome, HP-UX, OpenVMS, and MCx86 platforms through assessment of business applications, rapid recovery protocols and accelerated root cause analysis.
• Championed value-based selling and technology differentiation, driving multiple successful business turnarounds.
• Oversaw seamless integration of people, process, and technology during HP–Compaq merger; Coordinated network cutover across geographies, while delivering uninterrupted 24/7 level 3 support from ODCs.
• Provided strategic application-level advisory to Indian Railways (CRIS PRS & FOIS), BSE (BOLT), CDSL, RBI, and MHA for application performance, uptime and infrastructure security. (2006-21)
• Led product R&D for 20+ years in embedded systems, Enterprise CAM, Network Management, and Mission-critical Operating Systems, fostering innovation and global talent development.

• Holds board-level certifications from Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (Independent Director, Startup Boards, Effective Risk Governance & Boards, Business & Financial Laws) and Directors’ Institute (Independent Director, ESG, BRSR, Digital Directorship, International Corporate Directorship), and Institute of Directors (Certified Corporate Director).
• Fellow of Institute of Directors and Board Stewardship; Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science & Technology), Bangalore Institute of Technology.

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