Prashant Nair

Prashant Nair has a diverse range of work experience spanning over two decades. Prashant is currently serving as the Senior Vice President and Group Chief Information Security Officer at Airtel Africa, where they oversee the telecommunications and mobile money services provided across 14 African countries.

Before joining Airtel Africa, Nair held various leadership positions at Network International, the largest payments organization in the Middle East and Africa. As the Group Chief Information Security Officer, they were responsible for managing cybersecurity, information security, identity and access management, data governance, and business resilience across the group.

Prior to their time at Network International, Nair served as the Head of Operational Risk and Information Security Governance at Noor Bank. Prashant was responsible for establishing operational risk management frameworks and implementing information security frameworks.

Nair also gained experience in market and investment risk management during their tenure at Kuwait International Bank, where they held the position of Acting Head of Market and Investment Risk. Prashant also served as the Head of Operational Risk, where they established risk management frameworks and implemented an information security framework.

Earlier in their career, Nair worked at Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant Vice President in Audit & Process Risk, and at Standard Chartered Bank as a Senior Risk Manager and Senior Manager in operational risk and quality assurance.

Prashant began their career at Citicorp as a Process Officer.

Throughout their career, Nair has demonstrated expertise in managing risk, information security, and operational resilience in the financial and telecommunications sectors.

Prashant Nair's education history includes the following:

- In 2011, they attended Visa Business School and studied Fraud Risk Management.

- In 2010, they completed the Treasury Risk Management Program at the Institute of Banking Studies.

- From 2009 to 2010, they pursued a Risk Management Program at the Institute of Banking Studies.

- Prashant also studied Enterprise Risk Management and Project Management Professional (PMP) at the Institute of Banking Studies, although the specific years are not provided.

- In 2003, they obtained a degree in Internal Quality Auditor - ISO 9001 Certification from Bureau Veritas Certification / Qualteam Consultants.

- Prashant holds an MBA from K J Somiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai University. The year of completion is not mentioned.

- Prashant earned an Advanced Diploma in Networked Centered Computing from the National Institute of Information Technology between 1996 and 1998.

- Prashant also pursued Corporate Secretaryship at Bharathiar University, specializing in Corporate Finance, Corporate Law, Corporate Accounting, Auditing, and Practical Banking. The completion year is not specified.

- There is no information regarding their attendance at St. Joseph's school or the degree obtained.

- From 1980 to 1985, Prashant attended Overseas Children School in Sri Lanka. No degree or field of study is mentioned.

Additionally, Prashant has obtained the following certifications:

- Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE) from ISACA in January 2020.

- Training in Cyber Incident Planning and Response from Cyber Management Alliance Limited (year not specified).

- Certified Payment Card Industry Security Implementer (CPISI) from SISA Information Security in 2013.

- Prashant is also a Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO), but no details regarding the institution or year are mentioned.

- Prashant holds the certification PIOR from the Institute of Operational Risk, however, the institution and year of completion are not provided.