EY has appointed Rahul Patel, Alok Panda and Gaurav Tandon as new partners in its expanding UK Financial Services Cyber and Resilience Practice, responding to rising market demand for consulting capabilities in this area.
Together they bring decades of professional experience and will be responsible for cybersecurity consulting, systems integration delivery, and EY’s innovative Identity, Cloud and Zero Trust Security Solutions.
Rahul Patel has over 18 years’ experience and comes with an established network of client relationships in the cybersecurity sector. His specialism is in bespoke solutions, with domain expertise in security architecture, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM) and cloud security.
Alok Panda has over 20 years’ experience and brings expertise in global team leadership and large-scale system integration. Alok’s specialisms lie in large scale transformations involving cloud security, enterprise identity, data security, and consumer-facing, web-scale identity platforms.
Gaurav Tandon has over 20 years’ experience in cybersecurity and complex systems integration. He is recognised for developing marketleading digital identity solutions, and his specialisms are in leading largescale modernisation programmes spanning enterprise and consumer identity, AI, and data security.
Commenting on the appointments, Preetham Peddanagari, EY’s UK Financial Services Technology Consulting Leader, said: “I am delighted to welcome Rahul, Alok and Gaurav to EY. They all have deep, strategic and highly technical expertise in cybersecurity consulting, and bring innovation and dynamism which will strengthen our already world-class cyber and resilience team.
“Cybersecurity is a top priority across the financial services industry, and we are responding to market demand for skills in this space by investing in talent and expanding our delivery capabilities.”
Rahul Patel comments: “In an increasingly digital world, cybersecurity is one of the most fundamental defences for financial institutions, and I am thrilled to be joining EY as it invests in client offerings in this space.”
Alok Panda comments: "I am excited to be joining EY and be part of the firm’s cybersecurity growth story. Banks, insurers and asset managers are dealing with increasingly complex digital threats, and I look forward to delivering innovative solutions for our clients as they protect their assets, and operations against cyber risk."
Gaurav Tandon comments: “I am delighted to be joining the EY team to help advance the products and services offered to clients to mitigate cyber risk. As AI and machine-learning progresses, strengthening identity and fraud defences is key and I am excited to help EY’s clients to transform at scale to secure their operations and customers."
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