Akshay Garkel comes with an experience of 17+ years in IT Risk Advisory and Cybersecurity. Currently working with Grant Thornton India LLP

His focus has been working with large Financial institutes including public and private sector banks, mutual fund houses, large exchanges, insurance companies and capital houses in India.

His areas of expertise spans across cybersecurity, business and practice management, and includes Cybersecurity in the boardroom, Cybersecurity Maturity & Roadmap, Security Operations & Managed Services, Vulnerability Management & Penetration Testing, IT Infrastructure Security, IT Risk Management & Program Management in Banking & Financial Sector, Telecom, Enterprise IT and Manufacturing industries.

Akshay holds a masters degree in IT from Queensland University of Technology, Australia and a BE degree in Computer Engineering from Mumbai University, India.