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Balachandar Mani

Head of Data & Analytics ManagementPADS, Asset ServicingChicago Booth MBA

A business architect with a passion for uncovering insight through data. For sixteen years at Northern Trust he has shaped how Asset Servicing defines, governs and uses its data, and today he leads its IRAS data strategy as Senior Vice President. He also runs Skanda Security, bringing data, security and AI leadership to growing businesses.

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Balachandar Mani

Senior Vice PresidentNorthern Trust

Chief ExecutiveSkanda Security

MBAChicago Booth

LondonAsset ServicingData & AI
Years at Northern Trust
16
Years in financial services
22
Recognition awards
3
Fractional C-suite services
3
Languages
4

01About

Insight is the point of the data.

Bala is a business architect with a passion to uncover insights through data, and to implement the strategies that turn them into greater value. He enjoys learning new concepts and principles, and is drawn to data science and modern ways to build products.

Speaks

  • HelloEnglish
  • வணக்கம்Tamil
  • నమస్కారంTelugu
  • नमस्तेHindi

02Experience

Two tracks, one principle: trust.

Sixteen years building trust in Northern Trust’s data, and a company of his own securing it for others.

Northern Trust Corporation2010–Present · 15 yrs 11 mos

From business analyst to Senior Vice President.

  1. Second Vice PresidentDec 2010–Nov 2014

    Senior Business Analyst, client change management and strategic projects.

  2. Vice PresidentDec 2014–Mar 2022

    As Data Steward, led the IRAS data strategy.

  3. Senior Vice PresidentMar 2022–Present

    Defines and executes the IRAS data strategy: roles and responsibilities, building the team to deliver the vision, and representing Asset Servicing in Enterprise Data Governance on standards and policies.

Skanda Security · Chief Executive

Securing trust together.

A trusted partner translating cyber security, data governance and AI into a clear, actionable strategy that aligns with the business.

  • 01Fractional CISOSecurity programme, risk, incident response, compliance
  • 02Fractional CDOData strategy that turns raw information into insight
  • 03Fractional CAIOAI adopted safely, ethically, effectively
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03Signal from noise

Finding the exceptions that matter.

Asset servicing data is seasonal: month-end and quarter-end volumes spike every time. A naive rule cries wolf on every one; a model that understands the business finds the real exceptions. Choose a method, tune its sensitivity, and see the trade-off.

Synthetic data, nine months of daily transaction volumes with eight seeded exceptions. An illustration of the analytics, not Northern Trust data.

04Education & recognition

A learning curve, literally.

From mechanical engineering to an MBA in data-driven decision making, with a steady line of certifications in between. HoverTap any point.

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business · 2018–2020

Master of Business Administration

  • Leadership
  • Behavioural Science
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Operations Management

Vellore Institute of Technology · 1999–2003

B.E., Mechanical Engineering

Where the systems thinking started.

2014

Chairman’s Recognition Award

Pt

Platinum Award

Au

Gold Award