Ekhlaque Bari
Executive VP & CTO – Fullerton India
Ekhlaque Bari, fondly referred to as EB, is a catalyst of change and transformation who love working with people, technology and processes. He strives for excellence, drives meritocracy, and thrives on motivating people to achieve their goals. He straddles business and IT with equal ease, and his passion for technology, human behaviour and Six Sigma allows him to use these disciplines for achieving business outcomes. He comes with a global outlook having worked in the US, UK, Europe and ASPAC regions in the BFSI, Media and Manufacturing industries.
Amongst a slew of transformations, EB has been pivotal in driving IT Transformation via an array of initiatives including Digitisation of Distribution, Customer and Employee. Other key initiatives executed under the LEAN IT strategy are agile plug and play middleware, innovation with the use of Bots, RPA and AI, cost optimisation programs, strengthening core systems and service excellence.
EB is constantly learning, adapting and evolving himself with the latest in the technology and business world. He is adept at digital, design thinking UX, core applications and ERP. He staunchly believes that “anything worth doing is worth doing well”.