Nikhil Samant

Executive Director at Morgan Stanley

United States

About

Passionate leader with 25+ years of experience in delivering information technology solutions for wealth management and banking businesses.

Experience

  • Executive Director at Morgan Stanley
    Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

    As Executive Director, Head of Core Banking Technology, I am responsible for managing end-to-end IT applications platform for the Morgan Stanley Banks to support core deposit products Checking, Savings and CDs.

  • Senior Vice President at Edelweiss Private Wealth Management
    Aug 2017 - Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    As Senior Vice President – CIO, I was responsible for managing the end-to-end IT platform for Wealth Management business. I was leading a team of 100+ members for driving digital transformation of its Private and Personal Wealth Advisory platforms.

  • Executive Director at Bank Julius Baer
    Sep 2015 - Feb 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos

    As Executive Director – India CTO, I was responsible for managing end-to-end IT platform (systems, infrastructure, architecture, information security as well as business continuity) for its India wealth management business – investment advisory, securities based lending and trust.

  • Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    Jan 2011 - Sep 2015 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    As Director – Program Manager IT India, I lead a cross-functional cross-geography team to deliver technology solutions required for divesting the Wealth Management businesses across Europe and Asia from Bank of America Merrill Lynch over to Bank Julius Baer.

  • Vice President at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    May 2008 - Dec 2010 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    As Director – Head of Wealth Applications, I was leading a team responsible for managing portfolio, performance and reporting applications for wealth management businesses across EMEA & Asia. In addition, I was Head IT for its India wealth management business.