Farukh Javed

Farukh Javed was appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at CSA Group on June 1, 2019. As CTO at CSA Group, Mr. Javed will focus on driving digital transformation enabling a higher level of service delivery performance, and the development of safety certification expertise for new product technologies.

Mr. Javed has over 18 years of business and technology leadership experience. Most recently, Mr. Javed was the Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer at CSA, leading its global IT, Marketing and Communications teams. In this role he led CSA's global brand transformation as well as the startup of Artificial Intelligence based digital products. Mr. Javed joined CSA Group on August 8, 2016 as Vice President, Chief Information Officer chartered to modernize legacy platforms and govern cyber-security.

Prior to joining CSA Group, Mr. Javed was the Canada Chief Information Officer at GlaxoSmithKline Inc. leading the development of an engagement platform designed to encourage scientific debate for better health outcomes. Prior to his assignment at GSK, Farukh Javed was at Procter & Gamble Inc. delivering strategic initiatives across 80 markets worldwide. These included developing shared services, enabling mergers and acquisitions, entering emerging markets, monetizing intellectual property and leading innovation. Mr. Javed started his career programming financial systems as an Intern Analyst at IBM Canada Ltd.

Mr. Javed graduated from McMaster University with a B. Eng. in Engineering Physics and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.