Anand Sivanandan (CGEIT, CISM, PMP)

Anand Sivanandan is an accomplished Program Manager with over 15 years of experience in technology management. He boasts a successful track record of delivering large-scale Information Technology projects for prominent financial institutions in the Middle East and India. He is CGEIT, CISM, PMP and CQA-certified and holds an MBA in Finance and Systems, and a Bachelor’s degree in Technology. Anand is an expert in IT Project Management, Vendor Management, Service Delivery, Account Management, Stakeholder Management, and Banking and Financial Services Domain consulting. His core competencies include IT Strategy and Planning, Quality Assurance and Testing, Solution Design and Implementation, Program/Project Management, IT Policy Design & IS Governance, IT Project Lifecycle mgmt., Release Management, Change Management, Service Delivery Management, Budgeting and Forecasting, Offshoring & Outsourcing, KPI/Metrics Measurement, Vendor Management, Team Building and Management, and Information Security Management. He has specialized knowledge in Core Banking, Pricing and Billing for Retail and Corporate banking, Loyalty Management, Product Management, Corporate & Retail Internet Banking, Branch Automation, Trading Platform, Cash and Derivatives Trading, Clearing and Settlement, Exchange Trading Operations, Exchange Risk Management and Surveillance, Hedging & Arbitrage, Market Making, Post Trade Settlement, and Clearing Bank functions.

Anand holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi, and a degree in Civil Engineering from College of Engineering, Trivandrum. He completed his schooling at St. Thomas Residential School, Trivandrum, and The Indian School. Anand has worked with several organizations in a variety of roles, including his most recent position as the Head of Customer Implementation Services at Takaud Savings and Pensions B.S.C. (c). He was also the Vice President- Programme Management and Head of IT & Market Services at Bahrain Financial Exchange, the Director Operations, MEA at Zafin Labs, Business Process Improvement, Program Management- QA and Testing Services at GTFS, Quality Assurance Analyst at Lumley Technologies India Pvt. Ltd, Software Test Engineer at Baan Info Systems, and Project Coordinator at Jayachandran Muralee and Associates.