As Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Chandra Dhandapani is the senior-most global technology leader at CBRE, a worldwide leader in real estate services. She is responsible for all aspects of the company’s technology and digital enablement activities, including those serving clients and CBRE professionals.

Ms. Dhandapani has a proven record of developing and executing enterprise-level digital strategies that support business objectives, improve client outcomes and drive growth. Prior to joining CBRE, she was a senior technology executive at Capital One Financial for 17 years. Most recently, she served as Digital Transformation Leader and Chief Information Officer of the bank’s Financial Services division, comprised of Capital One’s Auto Finance, Mortgage, Home Equity and Home Loans Servicing businesses. In this capacity, she implemented industry-leading technology solutions that provided desktop, online and mobile capabilities to customers and internal staff. Leading her team with a forward looking approach led to industry recognition, including being honored with a CIO “Ones to Watch” award for 2014.  

Before coming to the US in 1997, Dhandapani served as a Client Services Manager for a large advertising agency. In that role, Dhandapani led the advertising strategy for a leading national brand of consumer durables in Bangalore, India. Prior to that, she led a World Bank program promoting the development of the silk industry in India. Dhandapani obtained her first MBA in Marketing and Finance while in India and her second MBA in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Arlington

As a Dallas transplant, Dhandapani serves her community in various ways, one of which is by serving on the board of Girls, Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas. She enjoys spending time with her husband, a technology entrepreneur, and their son.