CISO appointment
Kailash Gaonkar named Chief Information Security Officer at IIFL Finance
Kailash Gaonkar is the Chief Information Security Officer of IIFL Finance. Kailash was promoted internally from the role of Head - Governance & Vulnerability Management.
Records: IIFL Finance · Kailash Gaonkar
| Person | Kailash Gaonkar |
|---|---|
| New role | Chief Information Security Officer |
| Company | IIFL Finance |
| Previous role | Head - Governance & Vulnerability Management, IIFL Finance |
| Announced | January 22, 2026 |
| Added to the record | September 25, 2026 |
| Source | MarketScreener (S&P Capital IQ, exchange filing) |
Context from the record
- IIFL Finance is filed under Financial Services, Asia-Pacific, on our record.
- Other security leaders of IIFL Finance on our record: Sameer Gadve (Chief Information Security Officer; departure announced on January 22, 2026).
Other Financial Services appointments in the first quarter of 2026
- Jimit Narendra Shah, Chief Information Security Officer, LIC Housing Finance
- Gleb Reznik, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), American Express
- John Visneski, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Green Impact Exchange
- Donna Hart, Chief Information Security Officer, SMBC Americas
- Rich Friedberg, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Envestnet
- Leilani Farol, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), First Horizon
- Stephen McMaster, Chief Information Security Officer, Western Alliance Bank
- Martyn Bayly, Chief Information Security Officer, Cbus
What this move signals
IIFL Finance's board approved the appointment of Kailash Gaonkar as Chief Information Security Officer, designated as Senior Management Personnel, effective January 23, 2026. He succeeds Sameer Gadve, who stepped down the day before in an internal move.
Gaonkar was serving as Head - Governance & Vulnerability Management, with more than a decade across security governance, risk, vulnerability management and regulatory compliance. It is an internal promotion from the governance side of the function, the profile Indian regulators favour for accountable security officers.
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