Gururajan Vaidyanathan is the CFO for the UK&I Markets at Cognizant. Guru has nearly 2 decades of experience of which most have been spent leading and managing the financial planning and analysis function in the Information Technology and Services industry. A Chartered Accountant by qualification, Guru is very passionate about leveraging data, analytics, BI and AI tools to optimize financial performance, enhance customer experience and drive business growth. He has supported businesses across USA, Asia Pacific and Europe and successfully led and contributed to multiple projects involving financial modeling, forecasting, scenario analysis, risk management and reporting. Some of his works have become cornerstones to processes and platforms today at his workplace.