I am a Solutions Architect based in London with over 20 years of experience designing and delivering complex technology systems for some of the world’s most demanding financial institutions. Currently at Handelsbanken UK, I am leading architecture across digital modernisation, digital channels, and Open Banking helping one of Europe’s most respected banks transform how it serves customers in the digital age, without compromising the security and compliance standards that define the institution.

My work sits at the intersection of deep technical architecture and real-world delivery not whiteboards and vendor slides, but production systems handling billions in daily transaction value.

What I Do

  • Digital Modernisation : re-architecting legacy banking systems for the modern era, balancing the demands of speed, regulation, and zero downtime
  • Open Banking & Digital Channels : designing API-first architectures that open financial services to new possibilities while keeping security and compliance at the centre
  • Cloud Architecture & Migration : leading large-scale cloud transformations on AWS and Azure in regulated environments
  • Security Architecture : embedding security from day one, not bolted on after the fact
  • AI & Emerging Technology : translating GenAI and AI capabilities into practical, production-grade enterprise architectures
  • Low-Latency & High-Throughput Systems : electronic trading platforms, FX systems, and real-time data pipelines built for extreme load

Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) · Microsoft Azure Certified

Career Journey

My career spans over two decades across more than four major organisations, with exposure to over fifteen enterprise software product architectures across financial services, capital markets, and technology consulting.

Handelsbanken UK (2024 – Present) : Solutions Architect leading digital modernisation, digital channels, and Open Banking architecture. Security and financial services compliance are core to everything I design here.

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) via Infosys UK : Senior Technology Architect embedded at one of the world’s most critical financial market infrastructures, delivering cloud architecture and DevSecOps transformation across regulated environments.

Nationwide Building Society : During the height of the global pandemic, recognised by senior leadership with a personal commendation a rare acknowledgement of impact made during one of the most operationally challenging periods in modern financial services history.

Earlier in my career, while at Credit Suisse Singapore, my team won First Prize in the Best Booth category at the Singapore IT EXPO 2008 a competition I still remember fondly because I designed and built a Formula 1 race track using RC cars to demonstrate the flow of an electronic trading system. It remains one of my favourite ways of explaining complex systems: make it physical, make it visceral, make it impossible to forget.

Robotics : Where Engineering Meets Obsession

Long before cloud architecture became my profession, I was building robots. Not as a hobby as a compulsion.

At the age of 14, in 9th standard, I built my first robot: J1. It was recognised at both school and district level at science exhibitions in India. J1 led to J2, and J2 led to Pratap each iteration more capable than the last.

Then came Mumorob-WNMS the robot that changed everything. Competing against teams from 36 countries, Mumorob-WNMS won:

  • 🥇 First Prize — Innovation Machines, 6th International BEAM Robot Games, awarded by Solarbotics, Canada
  • 🥉 Third Prize — Miscellaneous Category, same competition

After completing my Master’s credits, I joined the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, where I developed Hexpad a robot controlled via PC parallel port, pushing the boundaries of what was possible with the hardware constraints of the time.

Robotics taught me something that no classroom or corporate project ever could: when something you have built with your own hands either works or it does not, there is nowhere to hide. That discipline that intolerance for ambiguity runs through everything I do as an architect today.

Recognition & Awards

  • 🥇 First Prize : Best Booth, Credit Suisse Singapore IT EXPO 2008
  • 🥇 First Prize : Innovation Machines, 6th International BEAM Robot Games (Solarbotics, Canada) competing against 36 countries
  • 🥉 Third Prize : Miscellaneous Category, 6th International BEAM Robot Games
  • 🏸 First Prize : Badminton, District Level, India
  • Recognition from national scientific, academic, and religious bodies across India
  • Personal commendation from Nationwide senior leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic

Beyond the Architecture

Architecture is what I do. These are the things that keep me human.

Photography : I tried for years to play guitar. The guitar disagreed. Photography, however, has been far more forgiving, and considerably more rewarding.

Reading : I read widely across technology, business, and beyond. I have reviewed books including Designing Web Usability by Jakob Nielsen and Microsoft Secrets by Cusumano & Selby. Books are where I find the ideas that eventually show up in my architecture decisions.

Travel : I have visited countries across multiple continents and intend to cover several more — ideally by road. I suspect I will have time for that once the last enterprise finishes migrating to cloud. I remain optimistic.

Cinema : I watch a lot of films. A genuinely significant amount.

Let’s Connect

If you are working on a complex cloud transformation, a security architecture challenge, or trying to make sense of how AI fits into your enterprise stack — I would be glad to think through it with you.

The best conversations I have are with people who are working on hard problems and are not satisfied with easy answers.

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“I believe in working on projects that require innovative ideas, genuine creativity, and are full of challenges. Everything else is just maintenance.”