Shanker Ramamurthy is the Global Managing Partner Banking & Financial Markets in IBM Consulting.

Over the last 25 years as a consultant and business executive he has worked in all the six continents across forty plus countries in the intersection of strategy, information technology, and financial services. He is a well-known thought leader with five patents relating to addressing complexity, has authored several white papers, and been ranked as one of the 50 most influential financial services consultants worldwide by Euromoney magazine. 

Shanker also serves on the Board of Directors of BIAN.org (Banking Industry Architecture Network), a global standards organization developing industry standards for banking services.

Shanker has a MS in Information Science from the University of New South Wales in Australia, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad and a BS in Mathematics from the University of Madras. He also qualified as a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.