Who we are

Our History

  • LatentBridge was founded in 2018 with a vision to make intelligent automation accessible to every enterprise - large, medium and small.
  • Digitalization is key for survival; it is no more a significant factor for success. Our aim at LatentBridge is to ensure enterprises can adopt and scale automation quicker.
  • Our platform and products are built on this principle.
  • We offer a cloud-based Saas platform in a unique pay-as-you-go commercial model, bringing together the best of automation solutions to help our clients achieve their goals.
  • We make your automation goals happen in much lesser time and at significantly lower costs than you thought possible!

Our Team

Management team

Hema Gandhi

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Hema Gandhi is a serial entrepreneur with deep expertise in financial services. Hema focuses on sales, channelling our consulting ecosystem and partnerships with AI and Robotics platform providers to deliver value to our clients. She brings a wealth of experience in sales and marketing, managing businesses and execution. She has grown two start-ups and worked in global firms leading sales and delivery teams on large outsourcing deals focused on transformation, optimisation and customer outcome

Hema has worked at Wipro, Sutherland, EXL and ADM. She established a successful research and analytics firm, Brahmy Solutions, which was subsequently sold to Integreon.  

Shankar Sundaram

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Shankar Sundaram is an accomplished Client Solutions Strategist, with deep knowledge of financial services domain and vast experience delivering transformative digital engagements, product development and application services to global financial enterprises.   As COO, Shankar leads LatentBridge’s business operations delivering market-focused solutions and building key alliances. He has also shaped LatentBridge’s unique market propositions for customers. 

In his previous stints, Shankar has worked with large IT Services firms such as Wipro, HCL, and has delivered a variety of roles across operations lead, client solutions business consulting, and pre-sales, contributing significantly to large value deal wins, through industry-focused products and solutions.  


Venkatesh Ramasamy

Head of Technology and Platform

Venkat is an accomplished Technology Consultant with over 20 years of experience predominantly in the domain of Investment Banking, Asset Management and Inter-dealer brokerage.  As Head of Platform, Venkat is leading the expansion and delivery of albaiTM, LatentBridge’s flagship Pay-As-You-Go SaaS Platform.  

He played a pivotal role in building a research platform at a FTSE 100 asset management company. He has deep expertise in Equity and Fixed Income Risk Management (FRM Certified), straight –through-processing trading systems and Research platforms.   Previously he worked at Schroders, Barclays and BGC Partners, and Tata Elxsi. 

Chandrakumar Ramasamy

Head of Delivery

Chandrakumar Ramasamy[CK] is an accomplished Delivery Leader, with deep knowledge of financial services domain and vast experience in starting up teams from scratch for multiple customers across globe.

As Head of Delivery, CK leads LatentBridge’s Delivery Organization, delivering market-focused solutions and building key alliances.

In his previous stints, CK has worked with large IT Services firm Wipro and also worked in Global Inhouse Centers for Citi and SCB.

Advisory board team

Rob Scott

MD - Senior Banker, Institutional

Rob has over 25 years of experience in the running and acquisition of front-office business lines and in the commercialisation of global core operations of Investment banks, broker-dealers and investor service business lines, including Bank of America, Cantor Fitzgerald/BGC, Citi, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank. He was instrumental in creating the first major European outsourcing investment banking global back-office at Accenture (Accenture Post Trade Services).

Rob has written and spoken on many topics surrounding the post trading landscape and its implications to cost containment, business and process transformation and the inclusion of latest FinTech tools in order to solve today’s complex operating problems. He also advises clients on regulatory changes, compliance and commercial reshaping of business models to attain optimal commercial returns.  

Rob currently sits on the Board of the AFME Post Trade division, is the Strategic advisor to the CEO of ISITC Europe and is a Deutsche Borse (Eurex) FICC Board Advisory Committee member.  

Alok Bhalla

Consultant & Private Investor

Alok Bhalla is a renowned international banker with over 30 years' experience. A specialist in structured fixed income credit and derivatives, he has also notched up notable achievements in trading and structured loans, distressed debt, credit interest rate and foreign exchange derivatives.  

His career has included senior roles at Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney. He has worked extensively with governments, MNCs and financial institutions across Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. Alok is currently involved in consulting with and being on the board of a few technology start-ups. 

Adrian Steel

Global Vice President for Transformation and Infrastructure, Walgreens Boots Alliance

Ade has over 30 years of experience in running and transforming some of the largest global IT Infrastructures and services. These organisations include Royal Mail, CSC (DXC), Telefonica, International Airline Group and Walgreens Boots Alliance. Ade is a keen advocate who has a strong affinity for automation and utilising information to improve core IT Operations and business processes.  

Ade is a renowned speaker in conferences and has received many accolades over the years for the transformations he has led and the business impact achieved. He currently sits on several multi-national CIO advisory boards ranging from Fujitsu to Computacentre and the founder and director of NeoAde, an innovative management consultancy.  

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