Financial services firm Angel Broken has announced the appointment of Silicon Valley veteran Narayan Gangadhar as its new CEO. The appointment is expected to further the firm’s Fintech First ambitions in the country. 

Narayan comes with an illustrious global experience of over two decades with top tier Silicon Valley companies in the likes of Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Uber, and brings along strong operating expertise having led highly disruptive businesses by driving innovation in technology, product, processes automation and capability building. He has also served on the board of technology companies such Madison Logic, Digital Asset and advises many early-stage startups looking to advance their teams and platforms, positioning them for success.

“Narayan is the right person to lead Angel Broking along its journey as a leader in this industry. He is a well-rounded engineer with great leadership qualities and will add significant value to our existing digital assets. Plus, he will help us realize our aspirations to become a preferred Fintech company in India,” said Dinesh Thakkar, CMD, Angel Broking. “With Narayan leading the team, I am sure we will scale new heights in making international standard apps, offering world-class customer experience, and taking best-in-class AI/ML journeys for new and existing customers to understand investing and trading well.”

His most recent appointment was that of Group Chief Technology Officer at Ola. Prior to joining Ola, Narayan was Head of Engineering where he led the company’s core infrastructure, machine learning, data platform and data science teams of over 650+ employees across the globe.

Under his leadership, Uber scaled to over 400 cities globally completing over 14 million trips daily.

Following his stints at leading Silicon Valley companies, Narayan also founded Volley Automation, a San-Francisco based integrated robotics startup in the construction tech space.

Commenting on his new role, Narayan Gangadhar said, “The Indian market is at an interesting juncture as more people make technology a part of their daily lifestyles. As a CEO, my entire focus will be on unlocking superior efficiency for all stakeholders. The overarching objective is to make the product more accessible in the mass market. I am grateful to the Board of Directors for granting me this opportunity and look forward to generating the desired synergies with everyone at Angel Broking and beyond.”

How Narayan leverages his proven expertise in scaling technology businesses to fulfil the aspirations of a financial services firm is to look forward to.

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