Our Leadership
Transforming Enterprises Through Deep Domain Expertise
Backed by decades of experience across banking, data engineering, enterprise platforms, and AI, our leadership team helps organizations move from complexity to clarity, and from strategy to execution.
Shanthi Narayan
Founder & Managing Director
Shanthi founded Lera with a vision to help enterprises transform complex data into intelligence that drives measurable business outcomes. With over two decades of experience leading large-scale banking, data, and technology transformation programs across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific, he brings deep expertise in modernizing financial systems and enabling enterprise-wide change.
At Lera, Shanthi shapes the company's strategic direction, product vision, and innovation agenda, ensuring every solution is aligned to real-world business challenges. His leadership combines global industry experience, strong execution discipline, and a belief that technology should augment human decision-making rather than replace it. He is passionate about building intelligent, human-centric enterprises that leverage AI responsibly and effectively.
Harsha leads business growth, strategic partnerships, and market expansion initiatives at Lera. With more than 20 years of experience across global technology markets in India, the United States, and Europe, he brings a unique combination of deep technology expertise and business leadership.
He works closely with clients to identify transformation opportunities and align technology investments with business outcomes. His ability to bridge innovation, commercial strategy, and enterprise adoption helps organizations navigate complex digital transformation journeys with confidence. Harsha is also a strong advocate for entrepreneurship and technology-led innovation ecosystems.
Harsha Vardhan Avvari
Vice President
Harsha leads business growth, strategic partnerships, and market expansion initiatives at Lera. With more than 20 years of experience across global technology markets in India, the United States, and Europe, he brings a unique combination of deep technology expertise and business leadership.
He works closely with clients to identify transformation opportunities and align technology investments with business outcomes. His ability to bridge innovation, commercial strategy, and enterprise adoption helps organizations navigate complex digital transformation journeys with confidence. Harsha is also a strong advocate for entrepreneurship and technology-led innovation ecosystems.
Swati Bose
Director, Products & Solutions
Swati leads product strategy and solution design at Lera, ensuring every platform and solution delivers meaningful business value. Her multidisciplinary background across consulting, business growth, behavioral psychology, and product design enables her to create solutions that are both technically robust and user-centric.
She plays a critical role in translating customer challenges into scalable products that drive adoption, productivity, and measurable outcomes. By combining human behavior insights with data and technology, Swati helps organizations unlock greater value from their people, processes, and digital investments.
Saumil leads Lera's Banking & Financial Services practice, helping financial institutions navigate complex enterprise AI transformation initiatives. With more than two decades of experience across banking and fintech ecosystems, he brings deep expertise in designing scalable business models, building strategic partnerships, and driving technology adoption at enterprise scale.
At Lera, he works closely with banking leaders to define AI transformation roadmaps that are grounded in operational realities and aligned to measurable business outcomes. By combining strategic vision with execution excellence, Saumil helps clients unlock new growth opportunities while building future-ready banking capabilities.
Saumil Mody
Vice President, Banking &
Financial Services
Saumil leads Lera's Banking & Financial Services practice, helping financial institutions navigate complex enterprise AI transformation initiatives. With more than two decades of experience across banking and fintech ecosystems, he brings deep expertise in designing scalable business models, building strategic partnerships, and driving technology adoption at enterprise scale.
At Lera, he works closely with banking leaders to define AI transformation roadmaps that are grounded in operational realities and aligned to measurable business outcomes. By combining strategic vision with execution excellence, Saumil helps clients unlock new growth opportunities while building future-ready banking capabilities.
Hemanth Mundra
Vice President, People &
Business Enablement
Hemant leads Lera's people strategy and business enablement functions, helping build the culture, capabilities, and talent foundation required for sustainable growth. He oversees talent acquisition, employee development, performance management, HR operations, and organizational effectiveness across global teams.
With extensive experience in consulting and business operations, Hemant plays a key role in ensuring that Lera attracts, develops, and retains high-performing talent. His focus on employee experience, leadership development, and collaborative culture enables teams to perform at their best while supporting the company's long-term vision and client success.
Kalyan leads delivery excellence and program execution across Lera's transformation engagements. With more than 20 years of experience spanning consulting, technology, and financial services, he specializes in managing complex, multi-stakeholder programs in highly regulated environments.
He ensures that client initiatives move from strategy to successful execution through strong governance, stakeholder alignment, and disciplined delivery management. Whether implementing data platforms, modernizing core systems, or deploying AI-driven solutions, Kalyan focuses on delivering sustainable outcomes that stand up to real operational demands.
Kalyan Chakravorty Bhagavatula
Associate Director, Delivery
Kalyan leads delivery excellence and program execution across Lera's transformation engagements. With more than 20 years of experience spanning consulting, technology, and financial services, he specializes in managing complex, multi-stakeholder programs in highly regulated environments.
He ensures that client initiatives move from strategy to successful execution through strong governance, stakeholder alignment, and disciplined delivery management. Whether implementing data platforms, modernizing core systems, or deploying AI-driven solutions, Kalyan focuses on delivering sustainable outcomes that stand up to real operational demands.