Mithun SanghaviMITHUN SANGHAVI

Career

Experience

A career built across global consulting, BFSI, and enterprise technology delivery — from L3 endpoint security support to leading a USD 35M global cybersecurity practice.

  1. Oct 2024 – Jun 2026

    Director, Cyber Security (Global Delivery Practice Head)

    LTIMindtree · Mumbai

    • Owned P&L and budgets for a USD 35M Global Cybersecurity Delivery Practice & GCC, driving profitable growth, pricing, and commercialization across multi-client, multi-geography portfolios.
    • Built and led an 80+ member global cybersecurity team, sustaining 80% client retention through high-performance delivery and capability development.
    • Acted as vCISO for global BFSI and manufacturing enterprises, advising CXOs and Boards on cybersecurity strategy, risk, governance, and resilience.
    • Directed governance and compliance programs aligned with RBI, ISO 27001, DPDP Act 2023, NIST, NIS 2.0, ITAR, and GDPR, reducing enterprise risk exposure by 20%.
    • Transformed SOC, Cyber Defence, Threat Intelligence, and AI Security, improving threat-detection coverage and reducing MTTD/MTTR by 25%.

  2. Jul 2022 – Jun 2024

    Associate Director, Global Delivery Head — Cyber Security & IT Risk

    Grant Thornton Bharat LLP · Mumbai

    • Led global Cybersecurity & IT Risk delivery in GCC as Cybersecurity Global Delivery Head, reporting to the Partner.
    • Delivered vCISO-as-a-Service, establishing governance mechanisms to monitor, assess, and mitigate enterprise-wide cyber risks for global clients.
    • Guided Government, BFSI, NBFC, and Manufacturing clients on RBI, ISO 27001, DPDP Act 2023, NIST, NIS 2.0, ITAR, and GDPR compliance.
    • Trained IT Audit teams across ITGC, SOX, SOC 2, and TPRM, strengthening audit delivery and risk governance capabilities.

  3. Mar 2018 – Jul 2022

    Cyber Risk and Security Delivery Manager

    Wipro Limited · Pune / Mumbai

    • Reported to the Global CISO, Aviva UK, serving as Asia Virtual CISO and IT & Infrastructure Lead for the Insurance Divestment Project.
    • Oversaw IT/OT security for the Offshore Development Center supporting Toronto Pearson Airport.
    • Led End User Computing, Cybersecurity, Endpoint Security, and Compliance for HDFC Bank's pan-India banking program.
    • Conducted global IT audits across ITGC, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 1/2, GDPR, NIST RMF, ICAO, and ISA/IEC 62443.

  4. Jul 2017 – Mar 2018

    Cyber Security Manager

    Capgemini · Mumbai

    • Managed end-to-end Cybersecurity & Compliance Operations for TOTAL, covering security audits, incident management, and lifecycle security.
    • Implemented ITIL-aligned SOC best practices and led the Cyber Incident Response Team, operationalizing the enterprise-wide incident response framework.

  5. Feb 2015 – Jun 2017

    Associate Security Architect

    Tech Mahindra · Pune

    • Designed and implemented security architectures for Vodafone India and Endpoint Security solutions for ANZ Bank, Australia.
    • Translated multi-vendor client requirements into robust security control designs, closing critical infrastructure security gaps.

  6. Dec 2013 – Feb 2015

    Senior Consultant

    Atos India · India

    • Subject Matter Expert for Symantec Endpoint Protection; led a 40,000-endpoint migration for S&P Global and McGraw-Hill Education from SEP 11.x to 12.1.
    • Delivered L3 support, malware and security-log analysis, and internal Information Security risk assessments.

Earlier Roles

  • Enterprise Product Support Engineer · SymantecSep 2007 – Dec 2013
  • Sr. Technical Help Desk Associate · Wipro BPOJun 2006 – Sep 2007
  • Technical Help Desk Associate · Sutherland Global ServicesMar 2005 – Dec 2005
  • Operations / Administration Roles · Various OrganizationsMay 1997 – Mar 2005