Edelweiss General Insurance has appointed Madhu Malhotra as its Chief Technology Officer. She will oversee the technology functions at the company and drive digital innovation in line with the brand’s strategy of transforming the insurance landscape in India through tech driven solutions and offerings, the company said in a release. Malhotra has about her decades of rich experience across fintech and telecom domains. Most recently she was head of Technology at Spectra. She was also associated with Airtel for 10 years and held many leadership positions there. While at Airtel Bank, she led the launch of the first payments bank of India, headed the financial inclusion vertical to deliver large scale customer impact and drove agile adoption and transformation. Edelweiss General Insurance is India’s first cloud native insurer, which started operations in February 2018, with a digital operating model and a vision to help people lead happier, safer and healthier lives.
