
Deepak Sharma
Board Member of Suryoday Small Finance Bank
Former President and Chief Digital Officer at Kotak Mahindra Bank
Deepak Sharma is a results-driven Techno-commercial digital business leader, with nearly Three (3)
decades of proven track record in building & scaling successful ventures within banking, telecom, and
service sectors.
Deepak works as Board Member & CXO Advisor with several large & growth stage global & Indian
firms with special focus on Incubation & Growth of new business in Financial Services, AI & GenAI,
Cyber Security, SaaS, Fraud, Risk & Identity Management, Digital Transformation & Platforms. He
serves on Global Advisory Board of Instabase Inc., a Silicon Valley based AI & GenAI firm. He also
serves as Board member (Independent Director) at Suryoday Small Finance Bank.
Deepak has worked with Kotak Mahindra Bank for over 15years (till October 2023), where he was
involved in building Priority/HNI Banking, NRI Banking & Forex business. He was instrumental in
starting & scaling Digital Initiatives at Kotak for over a decade and served as Bank’s first President &
Chief Digital Officer for over 5 years.
He has been closely associated with various Indian & Global policy making thinktank, venture capital
firms on future of financial service in tech era.