BWI: Top Executives from Citi, VISA, StanChart Join UNIKEN, Foray into Global BFSI Markets

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: UNIKEN
Monday, May 09, 2011 11:45 AM IST (06:15 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Banking & financial services, Business services, Financial Analyst, Information technology; Technology
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Top Executives from Citi, VISA, StanChart Join UNIKEN, Foray into Global BFSI Markets


Pune, Maharashtra, India, Monday, May 09, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Top executives from Citibank, VISA and Standard Chartered Bank have recently joined UNIKEN, a leading technology innovation company of India. They will be spearheading Uniken's foray into the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) markets across global markets.

Mr. Ajay Seshadri has recently joined Uniken as Director and Head Global Sales. He is the former MD of CitiFinancial Retail Services India Ltd. (a CitiGroup Company), and Vice President of CitiFinancial Consumer Finance India Ltd. Ajay was till recently the Business Head Sales Finance with Dunia - a Fullerton Financial Holdings entity (UAE). "As the Head of Global Sales, Ajay will be in-charge of the overall sales strategy at Uniken and take our products into the global markets," said Sanjay Deshpande (CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Uniken).

And Mr. Anand Barua, former Vice President at CitiFinancial Consumer Finance India, Regional Sales Head at Standard Chartered Bank and Regional Head Credit at ANZ Grindlays Bank, has joined UNIKEn as the Business Head for their VPSI (Virtual Private Secure Internet) technology for emerging markets.

Uniken has also inducted Mr. Ricky Madan in their Advisory board. Ricky comes with over 25 years of Retail Banking experience across global markets, and has held key portfolios such as Sales & Marketing Director and Credit Director with Citibank, Credit Director with Mashreq Bank and UAE Country Head with VISA. Mr. Madan has also set up Dubai Bank and Dubai First (a finance company) from scratch as the Retail Banking Head and CEO respectively. In addition, Ricky has also been a consultant with Emirates National Bank of Dubai and assisted in the merger of all asset products and integration of credit and collections between National Bank of Dubai and Emirates Bank International.

About UNIKEN

Uniken is a product and technology innovation company having significant expertise in the areas of Embedded Systems, Internet security and Biometrics. The Uniken Innovation Center has developed cutting-edge technologies, filed multiple patents and recently launched VPSI (Virtual Private Secure Internet) banking technology solution that has been deployed at most of the leading banks in India. Started in 2003 by senior professionals from Infosys, GE, TCS & Motorola, Uniken has recently launched an Innovation Network with CIIE (IIM-A), and runs Research Fellowship Program across campuses. For more details, visit www.uniken.com

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CONTACT DETAILS
Marketing Team, UNIKEN, +91 (20) 66427970/71, marketing@uniken.com

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