As a young boy growing up in the sub-continent I saw the sharp paradox of ridiculous wealth juxtaposed against unimaginable poverty. I realised then that at least part of the answer lies in the ideal that “those who have, have a responsibility to help those who haven’t”. (The word “have”, of course, refers to more than just money). And doing so would strengthen an entire society.
Later in life, as a young adolescent I saw this as the clear challenge of modern capitalism – to evolve in such a way so as to solve one of its fundamental problems – a more equal and sustainable distribution of wealth.
In recent years, I have come to realise that a path to an evolved form of capitalism lies in some part to the transformation of one of its central sub-systems – the financial system (my focus here being the banking system and financial services more broadly).
This strategy sits at the convergence of the need for “a more evolved form of capitalism” (see side bar - Aligned Research) and the need for a sustainable response to the “current disruption occurring in financial services”.
It emanates from my broader thinking over the last several years and early work in recent times on “re-inventing financial services through compassionate capitalism”
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Suren is currently an independent management consultant and his career in financial services spans 30 years; with much of that time spent at major Australian institutions including ASX, BT, Westpac, MLC, NAB and CBA.
Over that period he has worked across most segments of the industry value chain from broking to banking to wealth management. His dominant focus over the last 10 years has been working on a diverse range of major transformational change initiatives; in roles covering strategy, delivery and governance.
These initiatives have ranged from market disrupting platform innovations, to very large asset divestments, M&As, to industry shaping regulatory reforms, enterprise agile transitions and critical organisational capability transformations (including in Asset Management, Financial Planning, Superannuation, Technology, Risk Management and Project Delivery).
Suren has been a direct report to divisional CIOs (IT), CROs and CFOs. He specializes in the design and development of Strategic Operating Blueprints/Target Operating Models that typically underpin major transformational change. In this work he has also led teams from mainstream firms including Oliver Wyman, Accenture & PWC.
Suren is a strong conceptual thinker and is highly delivery focussed. He is both passionate and empathetic as a leader; and is known for his situational insight, thought leadership and strength in execution.
Suren has a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) and an MBA (Executive) from the AGSM. He is currently working on a PhD research proposal on “Re-inventing Financial Services through Compassionate Capitalism”.
He is married with four children and lives in Sydney.
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