Speaker Profile




Aparna Kumar
Ms. Aparna Kumar

Chief Information Officer
State Bank of India

Ms. Aparna Kumar is a highly experienced Information Technology (IT) leader with over 30 years’ experience of successfully directing innovative and transformational enterprise-wide initiatives across organisations and a demonstrated ability of strategic, innovative solutions to gain first-mover advantage. She was instrumental in increasing the organizations digital capabilities by harnessing transformational technologies encompassing Cloud, Platform as a strategy, CRM, Business Intelligence, Analytics, AI, (ML), and other innovative technologies to achieve technological leadership. She is the Earlier she was the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for HSBC and was responsible for building the country plan along with business teams.

Earlier, she has been associated with HDFC Bank for twelve plus years, handling various leadership roles in the IT Function. Prior to this, she has worked with Capgemini and i-Flex Solutions (Citicorp) for more than ten years handling various leadership roles in Software Development.

Ms. Kumar is an alumnus of Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. She has also completed PGDCA and graduated in Electronics Honors from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidya Nagar.