The CFO of the 3rd largest airport in India with over 33 MN passengers shares his role in driving digital transformation at BIAL

• Meet Bhaskar Anand Rao, a chartered accountant (CA), certified public accountant (CPA), and CFO of Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL).
• BIAL runs the Kempegowda International Airport and is the third-largest Indian airport, handling nearly 33 million passengers per annum.
• As CFO, Bhaskar has been instrumental in the airport’s adoption of technology to reduce costs, improve revenues and retain employees even in the face of COVID-19.
• As part of the Digital Transformation Series powered by DELL Technologies, we spoke to him to understand his role as CFO as well as how he drives digital transformation at BIAL.

Please tell us a little about yourself.

I qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1988 and started my journey in the corporate world.

Over the years I worked in different organizations in various roles.