Executive record
Kailash Gaonkar
Kailash Gaonkar is Chief Information Security Officer at IIFL Finance. The appointment was announced on January 22, 2026, per MarketScreener.
Before the appointment: Head - Governance & Vulnerability Management at IIFL Finance, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Kailash Gaonkar, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at IIFL Finance
Source: MarketScreener (S&P Capital IQ, exchange filing) ↗ · Move record
Before January 2026· Earlier role
Head - Governance & Vulnerability Management at IIFL Finance
Named in the announcement of the IIFL Finance appointment · Source: MarketScreener (S&P Capital IQ, exchange filing) ↗
The appointment
Announced January 22, 2026 · Source: MarketScreener (S&P Capital IQ, exchange filing) ↗ · Move record
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.
The company: IIFL Finance
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Company record
- Who runs security at IIFL Finance: 2 confirmed moves on the record
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Financial Services whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Kailash Gaonkar's, nearest first (8 of 11). The Financial Services bench
Martyn Bayly, Chief Information Security Officer at Cbus
Stephen McMaster, Chief Information Security Officer at Western Alliance Bank
Leilani Farol, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at First Horizon
Rich Friedberg, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Envestnet
Donna Hart, Chief Information Security Officer at SMBC Americas
Gleb Reznik, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at American Express
John Visneski, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Green Impact Exchange
Patrick Pitchappa, Chief Information Security Officer at Equiti Group
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- 9 months since the appointment was announced (January 22, 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 25, 2026
- Financial Services in 2026
- 42 security-leadership appointments announced in the sector on the record
How these are counted. Time in the seat: Counted in whole months from the announcement of the appointment, the date the record holds; announcements rarely give a start date.
Questions about Kailash Gaonkar
- Who is the CISO of IIFL Finance?
- Kailash Gaonkar is Chief Information Security Officer at IIFL Finance. The appointment was announced on January 22, 2026, per MarketScreener.
- When did Kailash Gaonkar become CISO of IIFL Finance?
- The appointment was announced on January 22, 2026, per MarketScreener. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- What was Kailash Gaonkar's role before this appointment?
- Before the appointment, Kailash Gaonkar was Head - Governance & Vulnerability Management at IIFL Finance, according to the announcement (MarketScreener).
Sources
- 1.MarketScreener (S&P Capital IQ, exchange filing) ↗: the appointment at IIFL Finance, January 22, 2026
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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