My name is K R Venkatesh (usually called as KRV in the corporate world) and I am a seasoned Banking Professional.

Banking industry is the topmost source of revenue for the IT industry along with Insurance and other financial services industry, collectively termed as BFSI segment. My Techno Functional Banking Domain training sessions lays a strong foundation for you to become an ethical banker, dynamic entrepreneur and an inspiring leader with a strong domain knowledge and expertise. The sessions cover the entire gambit of Banking Products and Services reaching both national and international business standards, regulations, processes and practices.

After my double post-graduation degree in Economics, Industrial Relations and Business Management, I joined TTK Group of Companies for a short stint before I entered the Banking Industry. There was only one foreign bank branch in Bangalore for the entire Karnataka State. It was Grindlays Bank Ltd, later became ANZ Banking Group Ltd, an Australia New Zealand Bank. There was a clerk cum typist cum cashier advertisement in the local daily. I simply applied for that position. With great surprise, I received an aptitude written test, medical test and personal interview call. Out of around 800 candidates, around 400 candidates were identified for written test and medical test. Only four were selected for Bangalore Region and I was lucky enough to be part of those 4 candidates.A great Banking Career began which is to be cherished for entire life.

The solid foundation of Banking Operations and Customer Service Delivery combined with Confidence and Exuberance helped to build a strong platform, highly skilled, a wonderful & cherished career. The bank had a unique operating model with a staff desk rotation policy, that is, every 6 to 8 months, I had an opportunity to work in a particular domain / process. With that Operating Model, I worked in all the departments of the Bank, namely Core Banking, Cash Management Global Operations, Trade Finance, Foreign and Domestic Remittances, Treasury, Accounts and Finance Department, Collections and Receivables, Cash Counters, Retail, Corporate and Institutional Lending Operations, Risk and Compliance team, Fraud Detection, Anti-Money Laundering, Business Process Management, Deposits,Merchant Banking (now called Mutual Funds, Wealth and Asset Management) etc.

When the Bank got sold in the year 2000 to Standard Chartered Bank and I had an opportunity to serve the bank for nearly 4 years. Later, I had the golden opportunity to transition into ANZ Technology entity as a Business Analyst and Functional Subject Matter Expert – Banking Domain. I was able to bridge the knowledge gap between a Software Engineer fresh from college, who did not have any idea around the Banking Functions and processes, and on the other side Bankers who never knew much about technology environments, platforms and project delivery model. This opportunity to work as a Business Analyst and a Subject Matter Expert really made a big difference in my Banking Technology Functions and Transformational Project Delivery programs. This Techno Functional expertise assisted me to bring a sea change in the Business Process Management area for Asia Pacific with multiple new process introduction, re-engineering of the existing processes across regions.

With my deep passion to teach and coach the youngsters to be more ethical and honest leaders of tomorrow, I started conducting knowledge transfer sessions to begin with. It gained popularity and I got into a regular professional training platform, training the young Software Engineers, Project Managers, Test Managers, Solution Architects, Product Owners in the IT industry, Operations & Client services team in the back office Hubs. By travelling to different regions, working on multiple systems, streamlining complex business processes helped the bank to be stronger and competitive enough.

Few sessions over the weekend motivated the engineers to focus on error free coding and early agile project delivery. And with my motivational, inspirational messages during the sessions brought the audience closer and well engaged.

While in Capgemini Technologies, I had a brief opportunity to handle a new area outside banking for the Asia Pacific Region. Had the responsibility to lead the Ethics and Compliance team which helped me to bring in many changes to the value system and also inspired me to conduct Ethics & Compliance lectures for many teams across the organisation. Ethics and Compliance became a HABIT amongst the teams.

After a long, cherished, successful career journey spanning 38 years, I retired from the services and took a break for one month. On a lighter mode, I think I would have taken a maximum of 5 to 10 days sick leave in this entire career journey that gave me great confidence and inspiration to lead, to coach and be a role model for the teams. Immediately after one month post-retirement, my big bosses in India, Australia & New Zealand had already done an advance booking for a seat for me in the office to run the Ethics and Compliance lecture programs and Banking Domain sessions. That continued for a year or so.

By Mid-June 2023, I continued my teaching profession in a slightly different manner as a Freelance Banking Domain Trainer, conducting Leadership, Ethics & Compliance Lecture programs for all youngsters in Schools, College Universities, Fintech startups, Banking Technology Innovation Centres, Back Office Operation Hubs. The teaching and mentoring journey continues.....