Based out of London, he is responsible for managing a regional P&L greater than a billion dollars and is the executive sponsor for all client relationships in the region. With over 28 years in the industry, Omkar has established himself as a trusted advisor to clients and has built high performing teams who work with clients across business sectors helping them achieve their ambitions. Omkar is also the Chair for Wipro Financial Outsourcing Services Ltd, a regulated entity established in the UK, servicing Insurance clients.

Since joining Wipro in 2012 till 2020, Omkar successfully ran Wipro’s Banking-EMEA business, working closely with large and niche financial institutions across UKI, Europe, Middle East and Africa, enabling them through their digital transformation with significant focus on customer journey redesign, enterprise engineering, ways of working and AI-led automation.

Prior to joining Wipro, as the Global Product Head for Banking products at a leading technology organization, a significant part of Omkar’s first 17 years in the industry, was dedicated to building IP and incubating product lines for Universal Banking, Channels, Wealth Management, Compliance and Payments. His team was instrumental in implementing banking and insurance solutions across 30 financial services customers globally.

Omkar graduated First Class with Honors in Computer Science in 1995 and continues to be a deep technologist at heart, having applied for patents in the areas of Channels, AML and Fraud detection.