Prema Varadhan

President Product and Chief Operating Officer

British, born 1975

As President Product and Chief Operating Officer, Prema Varadhan is responsible for leading the Product and Technology organizations to bring the innovation of the Temenos platform to our global customer base, working directly with customers to identify their challenges and matching our product roadmap to market demands.

Prema also leads Temenos’ Global Services and SaaS Engineering organizations, driving operational excellence and accelerating speed of delivery globally. With this combined responsibility, Prema unifies delivery across Product, SaaS engineering, implementation and global support, which is a pre-requisite for customer success in the SaaS world. Prema also works closely with our clients’ C-suite, bringing her leadership and technology expertise to support complex sales campaigns from product perspective.

Prema joined Temenos in 1999 and previously held the roles of Chief Product and Technology Officer and Head of Artificial Intelligence. In these roles, Prema was responsible for analyzing emerging technologies and architectural trends and practices from across the banking industry and incorporating the findings into Temenos' product strategy and development. Prema has been with Temenos for more than 24 years and is a highly experienced leader in financial services and technology. She is passionate about putting customers first and focuses on technology initiatives to improve the client experience with faster, effortless software delivery.

Prema holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communications from Anna University, Chennai.