MSCI has appointed Kashi Kakarla as Chief Technology Officer and Head of Product Engineering, effective from 22 June 2026. He joins from Intuit, where he spent 17 years building and transforming products and platforms serving millions of customers worldwide.
Kashi reports directly to Henry Fernandez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MSCI, and serves on the company's Management Committee.
At Intuit, Kashi most recently led technology and engineering for the Small Business Platform. Before that, he helped transform QuickBooks into an AI-driven platform and led the development of new products for enterprise businesses and accounting firms.
Earlier in his career, he held engineering leadership roles at SiRF, a pioneer in GPS technology commercialisation, and at Motorola. He holds an undergraduate degree from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Adelaide.
At MSCI, Kashi will lead product technology and engineering across all product lines and client segments. A key priority is using AI to transform how clients access and engage with MSCI's content and expand the firm's solutions to a broader audience of investment professionals.
He will also establish a new MSCI office in Silicon Valley, serving as an innovation and talent centre for the firm's technology transformation.
Kashi says: "Harnessing the power of AI will help us build and scale solutions that help clients reach their goals and sustain MSCI's market leadership."
Henry Fernandez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MSCI, says Kashi’s "deep experience building and enhancing technology makes him the ideal leader to drive the next chapter of MSCI's transformation".
He adds: "His track record of using AI to modernise and scale complex products is exactly what we need."
Chief Technology Officer and Head of Product Engineering
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