Sankarson Banerjee

Sankarson Banerjee is an experienced technology professional with over 28 years of work experience, including over 16 years in CXO-level positions. Today as an independent professional he provides consulting services, advisory and mentorship to banks, private equity and start-ups.

As an independent consultant, Sankarson specialises in digital transformation, product design, cloud transformation and agile ways of working. He works with businesses and startups to refine their product, improve their go-to-market offerings, increase adoption of new technologies and choose technology directions. He has also been working with firms to understand and improve their internal technology capabilities with a particular focus on digital and AI.

In the past Sankarson has held CIO roles in RBL Bank, The National Stock Exchange and IIFL Group. He has also worked extensively in technology consulting with stints in Accenture, Mphasis and IBM. Sankarson was also closely associated with e-commerce in India as cofounder of one of the first wave of e-commerce start-ups to gain prominence in India, and later as CEO of retail major Future Group’s e-commerce subsidiary in 2006. He also helped build and launch many other e-commerce ventures in India such as Sharekhan and ShopperStop.

In the course of his career, Sankarson has implemented complex websites, trading applications, e- commerce, banking systems, ERP and supply chain solutions. He has managed balance sheets, advised on technology strategies, founded companies, built teams, and negotiated and implemented large contracts. He has managed nationwide IT setups with hundreds of offices, thousands of devices and millions of real-time transactions. In recent times, he has specialised in digital transformation and digital banking, with assignments for DBS, SBM, ICICI and other banks.

A graduate of IIT Kharagpur and IIM Calcutta, he is also an enthusiastic traveller, cyclist and runner, he last ran the Mumbai full marathon in 2014 and recently cycled 1,000 km solo through Japan.