The Women's World Banking Team

Ranganath Mavinakere

Chairman, Catamaran

Bio

Ranganath has over 33 years of experience in global IT services and financial services industries. He is currently Chairman of Catamaran Ventures. He was Chief Financial Officer of Infosys Limited, a globally listed corporation, till November 2018.

Ranganath is an independent director on the board of HDFC Bank and chairs its audit committee. He is on the board of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He is a member of CII corporate governance council and GIFT city’s advisory committee on funds management.

As an independent director. Ranganath brings his expertise in finance, corporate governance, strategy execution, risk management and information technology.
During his two-decade long tenure at Infosys, he was an integral part of the growth and transformation of Infosys and effectively played leadership roles in a wide spectrum of areas such as Strategy, Finance, M&A, Consulting, Risk Management and Corporate Planning, culminating in the role of Chief Financial Officer. He worked closely with the Board of Infosys and its Committees in formulating and executing its strategic priorities.

In the years 2017 and 2018, Ranganath was the recipient of the Best CFO Asia award in the technology sector, by Institutional Investor publication, based on a poll of buy side and sell side investor community.

Prior to Infosys, he worked at ICICI Limited and executed leadership responsibilities in corporate credit, treasury, equity portfolio management and corporate planning.

Ranganath is a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad. He holds MTech degree from IIT Madras and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Mysore. He is a member of CPA, Australia.