Mr. Hariharan steers the company's strategy and corporate development efforts, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and global expansion partnerships. He leads corporate efforts such as intellectual property (IP) licensing, venture capital, community services, and partnerships.

His responsibilities also include customer intelligence and corporate affairs. He has been instrumental in setting up new exchange ventures such as Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX), among others in the Middle East and South-East Asia. In his role as Director, Strategy, he has been charting the company's roadmap and has been ensuring that the company continues to build on its leadership in innovation and growth. Before stepping into his current position, Mr. Hariharan was the Chief Technology Officer, responsible for the strategic planning and marketing of the company's brand portfolio.

Prior to joining Financial Technologies, Mr. Hariharan was the Assistant Vice-President of the systems department at the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). He has also worked with NSE.iT, a subsidiary of the NSE, as a Group Head and handled the operations of the NEAT trading system. He was also a part of the automation and implementation team for the BOLT® trading and back-office systems at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Mr. Hariharan is a postgraduate in Statistics and a gold medalist from the University of Calicut. He has attended various training programmes in the digital trading environment, fault-tolerant systems, and operations at Tandem and Stratus Computers, US.