Gururaj Rao has joined Aditya Birla Health Insurance as EVP and CTO after a 10 years long stint at Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (MMFSL) as VP and CIO. At Mahindra, Rao was responsible for IT across all the non-banking financial services business including retail loans and mortgages, SME corporate loans, consumer durables financing, financial products and distribution.

In his new role, he will be spearheading the technology domain and will leverage his areas of expertise in driving innovation at the health insurance firm. Rao has over two decades of experience across leading BFSI organizations including ICICI Bank, Birla Insurance and more.