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Akhilesh Kumar

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Vice President - Project Management at HSBC
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Akhilesh is the Vice President of Project Management at HSBC, with a background that includes roles at RBS and Thomson Reuters. He specializes in managing large-scale finance change programs, recently leading a major payments system transformation. He is a graduate of Gujarat University.

He is a passionate advocate for gender equity and supportive, people-centric leadership. He actively promotes womens empowerment within the professional sphere and publicly celebrates leaders who champion their teams, reflecting his core values of empathy and support in the workplace.

He successfully led the implementation of ISO20022 at HSBC, a change he described as a "once in a generation" event in the payments industry.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Vice President - Project Management
Job Level
Senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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ISO20022 Payments
He recently led the successful, "once in a generation" implementation of the new ISO20022 payments language at HSBC US, a significant professional achievement.
Gender Equity
He is a vocal advocate for celebrating women's achievements and promoting equity, using hashtags like #womenchangemakers to highlight his support.
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Career

Work history

7-2014
Vice President - Project Management
HSBC
7-2005 - 6-2014
Sr. Manager - Finance Change
RBS
2005 - 2005
Analyst
Thomson Reuters
6-2002 - 12-2004
Research Assistant
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
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Education
2000 - 2002
2002
Gujarat University
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St. Xavier's High School, Loyola Hall
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