Sreeni Venugopal

As of May 2024, Sreeni Venugopal is the CIO and CISO of Aster DM Healthcare in India, a role he took up in July 2023.

Career path

Before joining Aster DM Healthcare, Venugopal was Group CIO at KIMSHEALTH, where he sat on the executive management team and was responsible for technology leadership, global IT strategy, and end-to-end IT delivery. He had complete ownership of the technology portfolio there and drove the development and implementation of an IT strategy focused on customer-centric health IT solutions. His KIMSHEALTH portfolio covered IT applications, projects, infrastructure, operations, IoT, cloud, business and data analytics, SAP, and medical wearables, alongside enterprise-wide information security and data privacy programs. In July 2023 he joined Aster DM Healthcare as India CIO and CISO, where he is responsible for driving the company's technology strategy and information security initiatives.

Background and credentials

Venugopal's professional background spans 28 years across technology leadership, information security and privacy, digital transformation, cyber law and contracts, IT strategy, and IT service delivery. He is CISM and CEH certified, with hands-on experience across the cybersecurity spectrum, from security strategy, governance, risk and compliance, and cyber-legal contracts to vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, threat hunting, and secure coding. His work has focused on protecting IT systems, ensuring compliance, reducing costs, and driving business benefits. His industry background covers healthcare, automotive, banking, financial services, government, manufacturing, oil and gas, and telecom, with professional experience across the United States, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and Asia. He is described as an award-winning CXO and co-author of an international cybersecurity book, and is known as a speaker and industry event judge.

Published work

On BankInfoSecurity, Venugopal is listed as a CEB Member and CIO and CISO of Aster DM Healthcare, India. He contributed to Addressing Risks in the Age of AI, published on the platform on May 17, 2024.