Santanu is an accomplished banking industry executive, recognized for building businesses at scale, developing high performing, diverse teams; leading complex transformational projects, winning landmark client mandates & achieving consistently strong P& L results, while effectively managing risks. He has been at the forefront of several industry initiatives e.g. Libor transition, Sustainable Financing, Digital Transformation, Cyber Security and Risk Management. After c. 3 decades in leadership roles in India & Singapore with leading global banks, Santanu has recently pivoted to the new age sector and is presently President & Chief Growth & Strategy Officer at ZERON, a Cyber Risk Management company.Since August 2012, Santanu worked at Wells Fargo Bank in multiple roles and served as Member of Asia Pacific Executive Committee, APAC Risks& Controls Committee and was part of the Bank’s Executive Delegation at Annual IMF, SIBOS and ADB meetings. As Managing Director & Regional Head Asia Pacific South (based in Singapore and responsible for running the business in 15 countries), Santanu built a market leading franchise for the bank and led large cross-border teams in a diverse, multi–culture, multi-ethnic region comprising developed, emerging, and frontier markets. Earlier, as Regional Manager-South Asia, based in Mumbai, Santanu transformed the profile and visibility of the bank’s business in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and delivered strong revenue growth, while managing the Regulatory Governance and Compliance of all Indian legal entities of the bank. Prior to Wells Fargo, Santanu had successful stints at Credit Agricole CIB, HSBC and ABN AMRO Bank, where he built businesses at scale, won prestigious client mandates and successfully delivered on strategic and transformational initiatives. Santanu has strong interpersonal, communication, negotiation, analytical, decision making, strategic thinking & problem-solving skills and the stature &experience to influence senior stakeholders.Specialties: Leadership • New Business Development • Relationship Management • Digital Transformation • ESG • Governance &Risk Management • Business strategy •Change management •Hiring top talent •Stakeholder managementDomain Expertise: Transaction Banking (Payments & Trade Finance), Capital Markets, Loan Syndications, Compliance, Credit, Operations, Financial Crimes, CybersecurityOutside of work, Santanu loves reading, music, yoga & swimming. At a personal level, he works with orphanages and underprivileged children. He can be reached at Sengupta.Santanu@Outlook.com