Thirty years building banking technology. From Times Bank in the '90s to SBI Life's digital future. That's how infrastructure gets built.
KRC Murty just became Executive Vice President and Head of IT (Business Systems) at SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd. His career proves that behind every fintech innovation, someone has to ensure the platforms don't collapse.
Started in the 1990s at Times Bank when Indian banking technology meant getting core systems to work consistently. Then HDFC Bank during the early digital banking wave. Merrill Lynch building secure, scalable financial systems.
Thirteen years at Deutsche Bank across Global Markets, Asset Management, Private Wealth Management, and Market Data Services in South Asia. Where operational resilience isn't a buzzword, it's what keeps billions moving without breaking. Platform stability when the stakes are regulatory compliance and customer trust.
Kotak Mahindra Bank as head of RTB (Run The Bank), managing core banking operations. YES BANK as Senior President leading Business & Digital Technology Solutions during one of the sector's most scrutinized rebuilds.
Now at SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd., overseeing enterprise IT strategy and large-scale technology operations for one of India's largest life insurers. The mandate: technology-driven growth and operational excellence. Not "digital transformation" as a slogan, but as infrastructure that lets a life insurance company scale without failure.
Recognized as AI Visionary 2025. Eight published articles on fintech trust, AI bots, and security breaches. ITIL v3 certified, Six Sigma Green Belt, Indian School of Business Leadership Programme. The real credential? Three decades making complex financial systems work under pressure, at scale.
Eleven years as secretary of CIO Klub building networks across India's CIO community. Twenty-four recommendations highlighting "exceptional people leadership" and "ability to empower others."
Most see insurance technology as legacy systems needing disruption. KRC Murty sees platforms needing stability, security, and smart evolution. When you're managing IT that protects people's financial futures, breaking things fast isn't a strategy.
At Boardroom CXO, we're seeing insurance and BFSI companies prioritize IT leaders with deep operational resilience experience over pure innovation profiles. When digital growth depends on platforms that cannot fail, run-the-bank expertise becomes the differentiator.
We run an invite-only CXO community with weekly networking sessions where IT leaders discuss platform stability, operational excellence, and balancing innovation with resilience in regulated industries. Interested? DM us.
For IT leaders in BFSI: What's harder – implementing new technology or ensuring legacy systems don't break while you innovate?
First published on the Boardroom CXO LinkedIn page on 29 December 2025. To correct or remove it, write to [email protected].
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