Senior Hires for HFS

Technology and business services analyst and advisory firm HFS has appointed three Practice Leaders: Murali Thata for Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Mike Finn for Employee Experience and Sustainability, and Ashish Chaturvedi for Supply chain, Retail, and Disruptive Tech.

HFS combines deep expertise with rapid demand-side analysis of Global 2000 companies, promising 'no-nonsense insights' into the major innovations impacting business operations - including automation and process intelligence, blockchain, the Metaverse and Web3.

Thata (pictured top) brings more than two decades of experience with financial services clients, including spells at HSBC, Wipro and TCS, across roles such as business operations, program management, strategic deals, platform monetization, business transformation, change management, and new business development.

Finn (centre) brings extensive experience as an academic and policy analyst in UK and European politics, to address issues and trends across the ESG spectrum. He worked as Head of Research and chief political speechwriter in the Office of the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, and was a Principal Policy Adviser to the late Charles Kennedy MP during his time as President of the European movement and a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Chaturvedi is an experienced IT industry analyst and a member of the IDG Influencer Network. Most recently he was Principal Analyst and Program Lead for sourcing advisory firm ISG. He is the author od more than 65 research reports spanning retail technologies, enterprise modernization, low-code/no-code development, digital benchmarking and IT sourcing.

HFS founder and CEO Phil Fersht says of the hires: 'We have been been investing in the best people who can thrive and express themselves in the HFS environment to lead the narrative for the technology and business services industry. Enterprise leaders want to invest in relationships with analysts with a strong vision for the future, armed with forward-looking data, and genuine personality'.

Web site: www.hfsresearch.com .

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