Driving Strategic Growth, Financial Excellence, and Healthcare Services Transformation
Access Healthcare has appointed Balaji Sekar as Chief Executive Officer, marking a new chapter in the career of a seasoned business and finance leader with more than two decades of experience across healthcare services, technology-enabled business operations, financial strategy, and organizational leadership.
Based in Dallas, Texas, United States, Sekar brings extensive executive experience to his new role, having previously served as CFO & COO at Smarter Technologies and as Chief Financial Officer at TaskUs, PatientSafe Solutions, and Sutherland Healthcare Solutions.
His career reflects a progression from accounting and management finance roles into senior financial leadership and enterprise-level executive positions, giving him a broad perspective across financial planning, operational performance, business transformation, and growth strategy.
A New Leadership Chapter at Access Healthcare
Balaji Sekar began his tenure as CEO of Access Healthcare in May 2026, assuming responsibility at a time when healthcare organizations and service providers are increasingly focused on operational efficiency, technology adoption, financial discipline, and scalable delivery models.
Access Healthcare operates at the intersection of healthcare services and technology-enabled operations, making strong executive leadership particularly important in navigating an environment shaped by changing healthcare economics, automation, digital transformation, and evolving customer expectations.
Sekar’s background provides a distinctive combination of financial stewardship and operational leadership. His experience as both CFO and COO gives him exposure not only to financial performance but also to the operational levers that influence sustainable business growth.
From CFO & COO to CEO
Immediately before joining Access Healthcare, Sekar served briefly as CFO & COO at Smarter Technologies from April to May 2026.
The dual CFO and COO mandate reflects the breadth of his executive capabilities. Combining finance and operations requires leaders to connect financial objectives with operational execution, resource allocation, productivity, and organizational performance.
This experience adds another dimension to Sekar’s leadership profile as he moves into the CEO role at Access Healthcare.
Nearly a Decade of Leadership at TaskUs
A significant chapter of Sekar’s career was his nearly decade-long tenure at TaskUs, where he served as Chief Financial Officer from August 2016 to March 2026.
Based in the Austin, Texas metropolitan area, Sekar spent almost ten years contributing to the company’s financial leadership and strategic direction.
As CFO, his role would have placed him at the center of financial planning, performance management, business strategy, and executive decision-making within a technology-enabled services environment.
The long tenure also demonstrates his ability to operate within a fast-changing business landscape while maintaining a sustained focus on financial and organizational performance.
His experience at TaskUs strengthened the foundation for his subsequent move into a broader CFO and COO mandate and ultimately into CEO leadership.
Healthcare Technology Experience at PatientSafe Solutions
Before TaskUs, Sekar served as Chief Financial Officer at PatientSafe Solutions from August 2015 to July 2016 in San Diego County, California.
This role added direct experience within the healthcare technology ecosystem to his professional portfolio.
PatientSafe Solutions focused on technology solutions designed to support healthcare organizations, giving Sekar exposure to a sector where financial management, technology investment, operational effectiveness, and patient-centric outcomes intersect.
His experience in healthcare technology would later complement his broader healthcare services leadership journey.
Leading Finance at Sutherland Healthcare Solutions
Sekar served as Chief Financial Officer at Sutherland Healthcare Solutions from June 2013 to July 2015, based in Clifton, New Jersey.
The position further developed his expertise in healthcare-focused business operations and financial leadership.
Working within a healthcare services environment enabled him to build deeper exposure to the financial and operational dynamics of an industry characterized by complex processes, large-scale service delivery, technology integration, and evolving customer requirements.
This period represented an important transition in Sekar’s career, moving from broader corporate finance leadership into senior executive roles within healthcare and technology-enabled services.
Building Global Finance Expertise at Sutherland Global Services
Prior to his CFO positions, Sekar spent more than nine years with Sutherland Global Services, progressing through increasingly senior finance roles.
His tenure included:
- Vice President – Global Finance Planning & Analysis
- Assistant Vice President – Financial Planning & Analysis
- Senior Director – Reporting
Across these positions, Sekar developed substantial expertise in financial planning and analysis, reporting, management accounting, performance measurement, and strategic finance.
His progression from reporting leadership to global FP&A leadership illustrates a steady expansion in scope and responsibility.
The experience also provided exposure to multinational operations, with roles spanning the Chennai area in India and the Rochester, New York metropolitan area.
An Early Foundation in Management Accounting
Sekar began his career in finance and accounting, serving as Manager – Management Accounting at Sify Ltd from July 2002 to October 2003 in the Greater Chennai Area.
The role helped establish his foundation in management accounting and business finance, providing early exposure to financial analysis and organizational reporting.
Prior to Sify, he worked as a Business Accountant with Chanrai Group in Spain from June 2000 to July 2002, gaining international professional experience in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
He began his professional journey with Sanmar Group, where he served as Assistant Manager from January 1998 to June 2000 in Chennai.
This early career foundation provided the technical grounding that would later support his transition into senior financial and executive leadership.
A Career Defined by Progressive Leadership
Sekar’s professional journey demonstrates a clear progression:
Assistant Manager → Business Accountant → Manager – Management Accounting → Senior Director – Reporting → Assistant Vice President – FP&A → Vice President – Global FP&A → CFO → CFO & COO → CEO
This trajectory highlights a career built around increasing responsibility, broader business exposure, and a transition from functional finance leadership to enterprise-wide executive management.
Rather than remaining within a traditional finance career path, Sekar expanded his capabilities across healthcare, technology, operations, business services, and executive leadership.
His evolution from CFO to CFO & COO and ultimately CEO reflects the growing importance of leaders who can connect financial strategy with operational execution.
Combining Finance and Operations
One of the defining characteristics of Sekar’s recent career is the combination of financial and operational leadership.
The modern CEO role requires more than financial oversight. Leaders must understand how strategy translates into operations, how technology can improve productivity, how resources should be allocated, and how organizations can scale while maintaining quality and financial discipline.
Sekar’s experience across CFO and COO responsibilities positions him to approach these challenges from an integrated perspective.
His background allows him to connect:
- Financial strategy
- Operational performance
- Business growth
- Strategic planning
- Performance management
- Technology-enabled services
- Healthcare operations
- Organizational efficiency
- Executive decision-making
This combination can be particularly valuable in healthcare services, where operational scale and financial sustainability are closely interconnected.
Healthcare Services at the Center of the Next Chapter
Sekar’s move to Access Healthcare brings together several important threads of his career.
His experience at Sutherland Healthcare Solutions and PatientSafe Solutions provided healthcare-sector exposure, while his leadership at TaskUs and Sutherland Global Services strengthened his expertise in technology-enabled business services and large-scale operations.
His latest CFO & COO experience further expanded his operational leadership capabilities.
As CEO of Access Healthcare, these experiences converge into a broader enterprise leadership mandate.
The healthcare services industry continues to experience significant transformation driven by digital technologies, automation, analytics, cost pressures, workforce dynamics, and changing models of service delivery.
Leaders with experience across finance, operations, technology, and healthcare are well positioned to help organizations navigate this transformation.
Strategic Leadership in a Changing Healthcare Landscape
Healthcare businesses increasingly need to balance multiple priorities simultaneously: delivering high-quality services, improving operational efficiency, managing costs, adopting new technologies, and creating sustainable growth.
For service organizations, financial discipline must work alongside operational excellence.
Sekar’s career has consistently involved this intersection.
From global FP&A and reporting to healthcare CFO roles and operational leadership, his experience reflects an understanding of how financial insights can support broader organizational decision-making.
As CEO, this perspective can help shape an approach that aligns business strategy with execution and long-term value creation.
The Evolution from Finance Leader to Enterprise Executive
Sekar’s journey also reflects the changing role of finance leaders within modern organizations.
Today’s CFOs are increasingly expected to serve as strategic partners, transformation leaders, and operational decision-makers rather than focusing solely on traditional financial reporting.
Sekar’s progression demonstrates this evolution.
His experience in financial planning and analysis established a strong analytical foundation. Senior leadership positions expanded his strategic responsibilities. CFO roles placed him at the center of enterprise decision-making, while the CFO & COO position broadened his operational perspective.
The CEO role represents the next natural progression–bringing together these capabilities to lead the organization as a whole.
A Leadership Journey Spanning More Than Two Decades
With a career beginning in 1998, Sekar brings more than 28 years of professional experience to his current leadership role.
Over the course of his career, he has worked across India, Spain, and the United States, gaining exposure to diverse business environments and global operating models.
His professional experience spans organizations including:
- Access Healthcare
- Smarter Technologies
- TaskUs
- PatientSafe Solutions
- Sutherland Healthcare Solutions
- Sutherland Global Services
- Sify Ltd
- Chanrai Group
- Sanmar Group
This breadth of experience has enabled him to develop a multidimensional understanding of finance, operations, technology-enabled services, and healthcare.
Looking Ahead at Access Healthcare
As CEO of Access Healthcare, Balaji Sekar enters his latest leadership chapter with a broad executive toolkit shaped by more than two decades of progressive responsibility.
His background across healthcare services, technology-enabled organizations, financial planning, corporate reporting, and operations provides a strong foundation for leading an organization through a rapidly changing industry environment.
The combination of his healthcare exposure and extensive CFO experience may prove valuable as Access Healthcare continues to navigate opportunities around operational scale, technology adoption, efficiency, and sustainable growth.
His appointment marks not simply a move into a CEO position, but the culmination of a career-long evolution from accounting and finance into comprehensive enterprise leadership.
A Career Built on Financial Discipline and Business Leadership
Balaji Sekar’s career illustrates the evolution of a finance professional into a broad-based business leader.
Beginning with accounting and management finance responsibilities, he progressively moved into reporting, FP&A, global finance leadership, healthcare CFO roles, and ultimately combined finance and operations leadership.
Now, as CEO of Access Healthcare, he brings together the lessons of these experiences to lead from an enterprise perspective.
His journey demonstrates the value of financial discipline, operational understanding, international exposure, strategic thinking, and continuous leadership development.
As healthcare services continue to evolve through technology, automation, and changing business models, executives with the ability to connect financial strategy with operational execution will play an increasingly important role.
CXO Gateway Perspective
CXO Gateway recognizes leaders whose professional journeys demonstrate sustained growth, strategic evolution, and the ability to create impact across complex business environments.
Balaji Sekar’s progression from an early-career finance professional to CEO of Access Healthcare represents a compelling example of how deep financial expertise can evolve into enterprise-wide leadership.
His career underscores the growing importance of leaders who can bridge finance, operations, technology, healthcare, and business strategy to build organizations prepared for the opportunities and challenges of the future.