Mr. Ali Katkhada

Group Chief Information Officer

Mr. Ali Katkhada was appointed Chief Information Officer of Depa Group on 9 August 2016, after serving as Group IT Director since January 2007. Prior to this, Mr. Katkhada was leading teams in Oregon, USA in building applications for the federal government and the private sector. He is a digital leader with more than two decades of international experience in leveraging technology and innovations to drive cultural change and business transformation. He Cultivates partnerships and builds trust relationships executive. Mr. Katkhada's main expertise is in defining and executing the Group's Innovation strategy and coherent Digital vision, with a focus on simplifying, harmonising, and automating the business processes. He is highly experienced in IT strategy, IT governance, systems integration, Enterprise Resource Planning, Business Intelligence, Document Management System, Customer Relationship Management implementations, business planning, digital Strategy, IT compliance, infrastructure, IT security, budgeting, and incident management. He is also an advisor to several corporates and multiple start-ups. Mr. Katkhada holds a Master of Engineering and Technology Management from Portland State University, USA. In addition to his Bachelor of Computer Engineering and Graduate Diploma in Telecommunication, he is an Oracle Certified Professional and also holds certifications in ITIL, AWS, DeFI Specialist, Blockchain Expert, EU General Data Protection Regulation practitioner and PMP from the Project Management Institute.

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