Amit Nanavati is the Vice President of CXD Operations & Strategy Governance and a member of the Executive Leadership Group at Northwestern Mutual.  He is responsible for the CXD operating model that integrates strategy and delivery to create a transformational delivery organization.  Amit is accountable for the CXD portfolio prioritization and strategy governance including a metrics and measurement framework.         

Amit joined Northwestern Mutual in November 2019 as the VP Digital Products responsible for transforming and digitally enabling experiences for our clients, advisors, and operations teams.

Prior to NM, Amit spent 3 ½ years at EY in the wealth and asset management practice working across insurance, banking, and investment management clients.  With EY, Amit advised senior NM leadership in the wealth and insurance businesses. 

Amit started his career at ExxonMobil where he worked on six continents in various roles from engineering to country manager for Australia.  He has also led and sold three Fintech start-ups:

• Caminus (risk and trading software) acquired by FIS where Amit headed product and professional services
• Reval (cloud base derivative valuation) acquired by ION Holdings where Amit headed client services and operations
• Charles River Development (investment management software) acquired by State Street where Amit headed all client facing activities and ran LATAM sales.    

Amit has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University, an MBA from Wharton Business School at University of Pennsylvania and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and investment from FINSIA.  He sits on the Board of Discovery World and on the Chief Digital Officer Counsel.  Amit also advises iMentor, Financial Services Innovation Council and NMBFA.  Amit loves traveling, practices and teaches Taekwondo and spending time with his family.