BOARDROOM CONVERSATION

CIO Essentials:
Taking command of your software in 2025

February 13   |   10:00 EST   |   16:00 CET   |   20:30 IST

The amount of software owned by organizations has grown ten-fold over the last decade, leaving CIOs and IT leaders grappling with massive and increasingly complex application portfolios.

  • How do you make sound decisions facing such chaos?
  • How do you unwind technical debt, reduce obsolescence?
  • How do you accelerate modernization and move to cloud?
  • How do you make GenAI less prone to error when dealing with massive amount of existing code?

BCG Senior Partner Rishi Varma moderates this boardroom conversation with the Global CIO & COO of Marsh McLennan, the COO of LTIMindtree, and the VP of Technology of Liberty Mutual.

Discover how they are taking a new empirical approach to steer and accelerate key initiatives.

Actionable insights and live Q&A session.

Featured Speakers

Paul BeswickMarshMcLennan

Paul Beswick
Global CIO & COO

Paul leads over 20,000 technologists driving the transformation of global operations. He drives initiatives around legacy modernization, speeding innovation, and raising efficiency across the organization.

Nachiket DeshpandeLTIMindtree

Nachiket Deshpande
COO

Nachiket oversees an 81,000-strong team developing thousands of custom applications. He is instrumental for the company’s bold expansion into digital, data, core banking, and Generative AI.

Jesse AntosiewiczLiberty Mutual

Jesse Antosiewicz
VP of Technology

Jesse spearheads multiple initiatives for modernizing legacy applications and scaling enterprise-wide transformation across one of the US largest insurers.

Rishi VarmaBCG

Rishi Varma
Managing Director and Senior Partner

Rishi is a core member of the Digital/Technology and Telecom/Media/Technology practices at BCG, advising large corporations and private equity firms in technology/digital-driven large-scale transformations.

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