Venkat Paruchuri is currently the Managing Director and Global Head of Security Technology Services at Standard Chartered Bank, and based out of Singapore. He brings with him more than two decades building, operating and managing information technology and cyber security programmes globally. Throughout his professional career, he has worked internationally spanning the Fortune 100 companies delivering strategic, innovative and transformative technical solutions in the information and cyber space. Through his work, he covered a wide range of domains within cyber including data, application, infrastructure and cloud security, and in technology spanning application development, engineering, and enterprise architecture.