IDFC appoints a new chief digital and data officer

Sriraman Jagannathan at Airtel had spearheaded launch of first mobile payments platform

Infrastructure financier, IDFC that secured a banking licence earlier this year has appointed Sriraman Jagannathan as Chief Digital & Data officer.

IDFC said that Jagannathan will be responsible for building the digital framework, embedding a digital culture and driving the digital transformation across all parts of the proposed IDFC bank covering all products, clients and employees.

Prior to joining IDFC, he was with Airtel where he had spearheaded the launch of the first mobile payments platform.

IDFC is expected to kickstart its banking operations from 1st October 2015.