BSE’s CISO, chief of special projects step down

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) announced on September 26 that the chief information security officer Shivkumar Pandey has tendered his resignation from the post, effective December 4 business hours closing. He is stepping down to pursue another opportunity. Along with Pandey, the chief of special projects, Nayan Mehta has also decided to quit owing to personal and health reasons. His resignation will be effective closing hours of October 12.

Pandey served as the Group CISO at BSE for over seven years from his appointment in April 2016. Before BSE, he was the CISO at the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI). An alumna of Mumbai University, Pandey has worked at organisations like Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, Tata AIG, and Future Generali India.

Special projects chief Mehta was redesignated from chief financial officer (CFO) to his current role (effective September 11) this year. He has been working at the exchange for close to 12 years.

This year saw several high-profile appointments and resignations at the exchange. In January, Sundararaman Ramamurthy took charge as the managing director (MD) and the chief executive officer (CEO). His appointed was approved by the market regulator Sebi last year. Prior to this role, Ramamurthy was the MD and chief operating officer in the Indian arm of Bank of America (BANA).

Further, upon the redesignation of Mehta as the chief of special projects, Deepak Goel was appointed as the CFO, a role he has been serving since September. Prior to this, he worked as the executive vice president at Edelweiss Financial Services. He has also worked at organisations such as Kotak Mahindra, GE Capital , and Bharti Airtel.

In separate news, BSE, Asia’s oldest stock exchange launched a new logo in July, commemorating its 149th foundation day.