Pawan Verma

Executive Vice President and Chief Data and Information Officer Cencora

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Pawan Verma leads technology at Cencora as Executive Vice President and Chief Data and Information Officer, a role he took in October 2024. He is responsible for the company’s technology portfolio and services, systems, data and analytics worldwide. He joined from MetLife, where he was global chief information officer for four years, and earlier held technology leadership roles at Foot Locker, Target and Verizon; Forbes recognised his data work at Foot Locker with a CIO Innovation Award in 2019. Cencora ranked No. 10 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Executive Vice President and Chief Data and Information Officer of Cencora since October 2024.
• Executive Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer of MetLife, November 2020 to October 2024.
• Earlier technology leadership roles at Foot Locker, Target and Verizon.
• Forbes CIO Innovation Award, 2019.

Professional Journey

Verma earned a Bachelor of Science in mathematics at Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, a Master of Computer Application at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University and an MBA at Kent State University. He held technology leadership roles at Verizon, Target and Foot Locker, where his digital and data work earned a Forbes CIO Innovation Award in 2019.

From November 2020 to October 2024 he was Executive Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer of MetLife, leading its technology transformation across modernisation, digitisation, data and artificial intelligence.

He joined Cencora in October 2024. He is a founding member and board member of TechPACT and serves on the board of Girls Who Code.

Education

Dr. Hari Singh Gour University

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University

Master of Computer Application, Software Engineering and Neural Networks

Kent State University

MBA