NIIT Tech appoints Joel Lindsey as global head of digital services

MUMBAI: NIIT Technologies on Tuesday announced the appointment of Joel Lindsey as the global head of Digital Services, and Adrian Morgan as the head of NIIT Insurance Technologies Ltd ( NITL), the specialised insurance technology arm of NIIT Technologies providing services around its industry leading platforms.

Lindsey, who has more than 20 years of industry experience and deep understanding of digital, will be responsible for building and scaling the company's digital services business globally and will be based in the US.

Morgan, who comes with 20 years of experience in delivering technology services to the global insurance industry, will be based in the UK and will drive the NITL business in the London market and globally, and shape its product platform strategy.

“These are exciting times as the industry is at the cusp of change driven by new technologies and changing customer expectations. With their rich experience and global understanding, Joel and Adrian will help us accelerate our transformation to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the digital revolution,” said Arvind Thakur, chief executive officer, NIIT Technologies.

Before joining NIIT Technologies, Lindsey was leading digital transformation globally for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. Previously, he led next generation digital offerings and corporate strategy for Electronic Data Systems. Apart from these large corporations Lindsey spent time with two Silicon Valley digital start-ups focused on e-commerce (Open Market, Inc.) and cloud computing (Loudcloud Systems).

Morgan joins NITL from CSC where he was the UK Digital Transformation Practice head and most recently held the position of UK head of digital for insurance. Prior to that Morgan was head of insurance software at Xchanging where he established and led Xuber, a software and services supplier to the broking, commercial insurance and re-insurance markets.