Deena Saldanha
Vice President, Head of Group Benefits Technology, Manulife
Deena Saldanha is listed as Vice President, Head of Group Benefits Technology, Manulife. Deena is scheduled to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2026 on 19 November 2026.
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About
Deena Saldanha is Vice President & Head of Group Benefits Technology at Manulife, where she leads the technology strategy and transformation agenda for the company’s Group Benefits business. With more than two decades of experience across technology, financial services, and transformation, Deena is focused on modernizing complex platforms, simplifying how technology is delivered, and creating digital capabilities that improve experiences for customers, plan sponsors, and partners. Throughout her career, Deena has led large-scale transformation and modernization initiatives, bringing together technology, business, and operations to turn strategy into measurable outcomes. She is passionate about building reusable capabilities, leveraging data and AI, and creating technology foundations that enable organizations to move faster and innovate at scale. Deena’s career spans Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Canada, with experience across financial services, oil and gas, and chemical ma
Upcoming
Microsoft Ignite 2026 17 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- Reimagine cloud and AI platforms for the Frontier Enterprise Speaker · 19 November 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Deena at events on B2DB.
- Ayan Dutta Global Head Microsoft Business · Tata Consultancy Services 1 shared session
- Maisa Penha Global GSI CTO · Microsoft 1 shared session
- Raj Suthan Director, Enterprise Data Manager · Legrand 1 shared session
Others from Manulife Financial Corporation
- Bonnie Qiu CEO, Global High-Net-Worth and Chief Partnership Distribution Officer, Asia 4 sessions
- Jeremy Young Chief Distribution Officer, International Brokerage, Global High Net Worth 4 sessions
- Patrick Graham 4 sessions
- Mark Czajkowski Non Executive Director 3 sessions
- Bobby Singh Global CISO 2 sessions
- Mark Van Den Broek SVP, Asia CIO 2 sessions
- Rania Ahmed Senior Director, Global Risk Intelligence 2 sessions
- Guan Wang Principal Data Scientist 1 session
- Guy Mills Chairman, Manulife (International) Limited 1 session
- Ireen Birungi VP, Cyber Defense Strategy and Resilience 1 session
- John Keddy IT Delivery 1 session
- Laura Cao Vice President & Analytics Chief & Officer (Asia) 1 session