NTT DATA strengthens UK Banking Practice with four strategic hires

By Gloria Methri

NTT DATA UK&I, a global innovator in banking and IT services, has appointed four new senior hires to its banking practice. The new appointments are in line with the company’s growth strategy to help maintain its upward trajectory and to deliver on innovations and technology expertise.

The recent hires Joel Craven, Rajshekar Mylavarapu, Pravin Ningoo, and Sumant Kumar play into this growth, and all four have all joined NTT DATA UK&I over the past month. These banking experts bring with them a wealth of experience from different areas across the banking and financial services industry, including retail and commercial banking, open banking, capital markets, and data and banking intelligence.

They will work closely with Andy Nelson, Head of Banking and Financial Markets, on supporting banks and financial institutions with their digital transformation journeys.

Each hire adds further expertise to the banking team. Craven has extensive experience working with banking applications and digital transformation in the retail banking sector. Mylavarapu brings combined expertise in capital markets and business transformation to the table

Ningoo is an enterprise architect specialising in pre-sales and Banking solutions focussing on client challenges. Kumar is a digital, data, and emerging technology expert with over 18 years in delivering large digital transformation initiatives in Banking. More recently, he successfully scaled the emerging technologies capability for a large consultancy.

Andy Nelson, Head of Banking and Financial Markets at NTT DATA UK&I, said, “I am delighted to welcome our four new experts to our exciting and growing team at the Royal Exchange. They each bring invaluable experience and knowledge of the banking industry, which will help deepen our capabilities and expertise across the sector. With our newly bolstered team, we hope to accelerate our growth in the banking and financial markets, driving forward even more innovative technology solutions and providing the highest-quality consultancy to our clients.”