Aditya Birla Health Insurance has roped in Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (MMFSL) CIO, Gururaj Rao, as EVP & Chief Technology Officer at the company.
Gururaj Rao has moved on from MMFSL after serving over 10 years at the insurance company. At MMFSL, he held the role of VP & CIO and was responsible for IT across all the non-banking financial services business including retail loans & mortgages, SME corporate loans, consumer durables financing, financial products distribution etc.
In this new role, Rao will be spearheading the technology domain and will leverage his areas of expertise in driving innovation at the health insurance firm.
Rao has over two decades of experience in leading IT across banks, Insurance, and financial services entities. He has worked at leading BFSI institutions such as Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, ICICI Bank, Birla Insurance and more, in the capacity of IT leadership roles.
Rao holds a Bachelors in Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications from the University of Mumbai. He has also earned a masters degree in management studies specialized in Finance. He holds leadership development certifications from IIT-Bombay and the University of Michigan, Stephen M.Ross School of Business.
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