Akash Gharu

A commercially astute technology and product professional with a solid track record in fostering high performing engineering and product functions that deliver amazing results!
A high energy and grounded professional skilled in Leadership, Business Strategy, Digital Marketing, Product Development, Program Management, Agile Methodologies, Ensemble Programming, DevOps, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Business Intelligence and Service Management.
A lifelong student of people centric product engineering. Striven to achieve outstanding results for customers and colleagues.

Akash Gharu is a senior business and technology leader with extensive experiences of executing high impact outcomes for innovative, ambitious and fast paced Fintechs, Banks and Insurance companies.

Akash brings commercial awareness, clear thinking and people leadership to the senior table and translates strategies into outcomes with a precise and passionate attitude.

He has a breadth of experiences gained within hyper growth, customer centric businesses. Akash has consistently shipped many disruptive and complex product deliveries in multiple domains and geographies whilst harmonising the requirements for client experience, regulation, marketing and operating scale.
In his latest role, Akash oversees technology and product roadmap, business analysis, operations strategy and key tech relationship management for the Group. Akash is passionate about leading positive and profitable business initiatives. His next career step is desirably into a senior role within a rapidly scaling and forward-thinking startup organisation

MSc Human Factors in Manufacturing Engineering - University of Nottingham, UK

2:1 BEng - Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering – University of Birmingham, UK

Certified in Agile Delivery Practice, PMI and PRINCE2