Francois Zimmermann

Global CTO – Banking and FSI Vertical Hitachi Vantara

Francois provides technical leadership during a period where Hitachi is transforming from providing horizontal platforms to vertically optimized solutions focused on Data Integration, Analytics and IoT solutions. He works with customer decision makers from Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, FinTech and RegTech Firms to understand business drivers and challenges, identify synergies with our strategic partners, and develop compelling vertical propositions.  Prior to this role he worked as the CTO for Vertical Markets for EMEA and the CTO for Platforms and Infrastructure for EMEA. The Banking and FSI vertical is Hitachi Vantara’s largest global segment and accounts for more than 40% of EMEA revenue.  Our biggest goal this year is to expand our regulatory data management frameworks beyond Banking into the Insurance sector to add focus on IFRS 17 and beyond.