Dr. Anthony Abraham Thomas is an independent director on the Board of the Company w.e.f November 11, 2023. He holds a bachelor’s degree in technology from University of Kerala. He has been conferred Doctor of Science in Information Technology, Honoris Causa, from Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science. He is a luminary in the field of Technology Leadership, Digital Transformation and Innovative Industrialization.

Dr. Anthony is an Information Technology Leader, Digital Transformation Champion. He has over 30 years of experience of which about 17 years in leading Digital Transformations at a Global level.

He is the Global Chief Digital and Information Officer for Signify, the Philips lighting company, based out of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Prior to this, he was the Group CIO of Nissan Motor Corporation based in Japan, the Global CIO of GE, CIO of Vodafone India, and Global Head of Digital Banking Operations & Technology at Citi based in New York, USA. He has also held global leadership roles in Management Consulting at BCG and EY, among other industry leaders and has worked and lived in many regions across the globe.

Dr. Anthony is a mentor at Columbia University, New York in its Executive M.S. Technology Management Program and Governing Council Member of Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology. He was a member of the Reserve Bank of India’s Technical Committee on Mobile Banking, instrumental in driving the mobile payment ecosystem in India.