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Prema Varadhan

President Product & COO

Temenos

London, UK

Prema Varadhan

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The Bulat Utemuratov Foundation

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Prema’s Biography

Prema Varadhan is a highly experienced leader in financial services and technology.

As President Product and Chief Operating Officer at Temenos, Prema is responsible for leading the Product and Technology organizations to bring the innovation of the Temenos platform to its global customer base, working directly with customers to identify their challenges and matching the Temenos product roadmap to market demands.

Prema also leads Temenos’ Global Services and SaaS Engineering organizations, driving operational excellence and accelerating speed of delivery globally. With this combined responsibility, Prema unifies delivery across Product, SaaS engineering and implementation, which is a pre-requisite for customer success in the SaaS world.

Prema also works closely with Temenos’ client’s C-suite, bringing her leadership and technology expertise to support complex sales campaigns from product perspective.

Prema joined Temenos in 1999 and previously held the roles of Chief Product and Technology Officer and Head of Artificial Intelligence. In these roles, Prema was responsible for... Prema Varadhan is a highly experienced leader in financial services and technology.

As President Product and Chief Operating Officer at Temenos, Prema is responsible for leading the Product and Technology organizations to bring the innovation of the Temenos platform to its global customer base, working directly with customers to identify their challenges and matching the Temenos product roadmap to market demands.

Prema also leads Temenos’ Global Services and SaaS Engineering organizations, driving operational excellence and accelerating speed of delivery globally. With this combined responsibility, Prema unifies delivery across Product, SaaS engineering and implementation, which is a pre-requisite for customer success in the SaaS world.

Prema also works closely with Temenos’ client’s C-suite, bringing her leadership and technology expertise to support complex sales campaigns from product perspective.

Prema joined Temenos in 1999 and previously held the roles of Chief Product and Technology Officer and Head of Artificial Intelligence. In these roles, Prema was responsible for analyzing emerging technologies and architectural trends and practices from across the banking industry and incorporating the findings into Temenos' product strategy and development.

Prema has been with Temenos for more than 20 years. She is passionate about putting customers first and focuses on technology initiatives to improve the client experience with faster, effortless software delivery.

Prema holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communications from Anna University, Chennai. more less

Prema’s Newsfeed

The Fintech Times

Temenos Correspondent Banking Solution Helps Banks Grow Cross-border Payments Business

Prema Varadhan, president of product and COO of Temenos, stated that it was vital that banks have the right technology and platform to innovate in payments and scale efficiently.

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The Fintech Times

Temenos Unlocks Personalised Banking with Generative AI Solution

Prema Varadhan, President of Product and COO at Temenos, stated that the company is leading the way in AI for banking.

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Prema’s Background

Temenos

President Product & COO

Jan 2023 - Present

London, UK

Temenos is the world’s #1 banking software company and provides cloud agnostic, cloud-native, API-first digital banking, fund management, core banking, payments and wealth management software products to over 3,000 organisations including 41 of the world’s top 50 banks.

Temenos

Various roles

1999 - Jan 2023

London, UK

During her tenure at Temenos, Prema has held many different roles including Chief Product and Technology Officer, and Head of Artificial Intelligence. She joined the firm in India in 1999 and moved to Temenos in London in 2006.

Prema’s Gallery

Media

Demystifying core banking with Prema Varadhan, Temenos

Podcast

Sep 2023

London, UK

In this episode of FinTech Futures’ Demystify Podcast, Prema Varadhan, president of product and chief operating officer (COO) at Temenos, gives an update on Temenos’ remarkable journey.

The Anatomy of a Modern Banking Platform, TCF 2022

Video

May 2022

London, UK

In this video Prema Varadhan explores Temenos' open platform for composable banking. The presentation was part of Temenos Community Forum (TCF) 2022.

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Interviews

Banking Tech Awards 2021 Winner: Temenos – Best Core Banking Solution Provider

Interviewee

Jan 2022

In this interview Prema Varadhan discusses how Temenos’ open platform for composable banking is speeding up product time-to-market for banks and non-banks.

Prema Varadhan: Banks Should Build Back Better

Interviewee

Feb 2021

Prema Varadhan talks to Finews about the role of AI in banking.

Features

Temenos launches AI-driven Corporate Lending Solution for banks

Featured

Jan 2023

Prema Varadhan, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Temenos, describes the benefits of the newly-launched AI-driven Corporate Lending Solution for banks.

Plug-and-play required for hyper-personalisation

Featured

May 2022

Prema is featured in this article detailing the key takeaways from the first day of Temenos Community Forum (TCF) 2022.

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Publications

Why the future of banking is composable

Author: Prema Varadhan

Sep 2022

The cloud will shape the future of banking

Author: Prema Varadhan

Jul 2022

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Press Releases

Temenos Launches Next-Generation AI-Driven Corporate Lending to Help Banks Tap Global Corporate Credit Growth

Jan 2023

Temenos Achieves Top Scores in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and Carbon Disclosure Project

Dec 2022

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Prema’s Education

Anna University, Chennai

BSc in Engineering, Electronics and Communications