Krish Datta, 58, a Singaporean, holds a MBA in Marketing and Strategy from the European Business School, University of Surrey, UK and Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics/Classical Physics from University of Calcutta, India. He has also completed the Global Leadership Development Program from INSEAD, France.
Krish was appointed as CEO of Credence on 1 March 2022. Prior to his current role, he was the EVP of Enterprise Digital Services, TM One. He joined TM with over 34 years of technology industry experience, having built and led several enterprise technology-based businesses across ASEAN, India, Japan, Australia and the Middle East. He is a passionate business and people leader who has demonstrated successful track record in Asia with well-established global MNCs and start-up companies.
Krish was in SAP Asia Pacific for over 16 years holding various leadership positions. He established SAP in Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and went on to hold the position of President, SAP South East Asia, responsible for all aspects of the business from sales, marketing, sales operations, presales, partner and eco-system, finance, support, HR and consulting.
Upon leaving SAP in 2011, he started Back Office Associates (now known as Syniti) in Asia Pacific, Japan and Middle East region as its CEO. He went on to build the business over the next 8 years and exited after building a manicured business, including key technology and delivery capabilities which included global delivery centers in India, Philippines and P&L across 9 countries.
He became the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Xampr which started no-code low-code mobile platform for mobile application development, focusing on integration, last mile process and flexible template-based workflow and adoption. In 2021, he founded DIVIT NuTech as its CEO, focusing on digital enterprises services. Krish is an art lover and also established an art online platform Mayinart.com.