IndusInd Bank has announced the appointment of Balaji Narayanamurthy as Chief Data Officer (CDO).
Balaji Narayanamurthy brings over 25 years of expertise across Banking, Analytics, Data Science, Technology and Artificial Intelligence.
He will lead the Bank’s Data Strategy, Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, AI initiatives, and Data Engineering capabilities.
Before joining IndusInd Bank, he served as President & Head of the Business Intelligence Unit and later as Head of Enterprise AI at Axis Bank, where he built enterprise-wide data, analytics and AI systems spanning customer cross-sell, risk, and revenue optimization.
His prior experience includes a decade in the US credit-card industry, with leadership roles at Barclays US and Capital One, including Group Director of Analytics. He began his career with Citibank India.
Narayanamurthy holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from IIT Chennai and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Lucknow.


