Aditya Birla Financial Services Group (ABFSG), has appointed GV Gopalakrishnan as its chief operating officer. At ABFSG he will oversee the operations and the technology functions for and across the financial service businesses.
Gopalakrishnan was till recently the executive vice president- information technology at HDFC Bank. His experience at HDFC Bank was diverse across retail technology, retail assets, credit cards, corporate internet banking, wholesale, capital markets, and various strategic initiatives. Gopalakrishnan has a proven track record in technology with about 26 years of experience. He has spent 15 years with the banking sector, including eight years with HDFC Bank.
Prior to HDFC Bank, Gopalakrishnan was regional head of information systems, for the West Asia and South Asia in Standard Chartered bank where he spearheaded the banking applications across the bank's various businesses in MESA countries - UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh.