Varuna Rungusumy

Varuna is a senior leader within Cognito’s finance department, with a proven track record of improving and engaging external and internal stakeholders and providing a supportive environment to achieve strong relations, beat KPIs and offer a high level of support and guidance.

Prior to Cognito, he spent eight years supporting the London management team and global working task teams of RBI and RELX Group. He spent 14 years within WPP working at both group and consultancy level. In these positions Varuna led transformational projects in client facing and central functions (across HR and technology), including auditing and revamping incentive schemes, optimizing the margin and controls of exhibition teams, increasing efficiency and ROI of marketing teams, and delivering millions of cost savings per annum through negotiation and optimization of production costs.

Varuna has managed external stakeholders such Airbus, KPMG, Deloitte, PwC, EY, Telefonica and Saudi Telecom covering global regions. He holds a BA (Hons) covering Finance and Law.