Mindtree Executive Dinner: Digitizing Value Chains to drive transformation and innovation

World events leading to economic uncertainties, sharp demand swings and unexpected supply chain challenges have led organisations to realise that going forward, many aspects of the business need to be done differently, and more sustainably. Innovative examples of digitization are poised to change entire business value chains today, going beyond traditional manufacturing to new product development, sourcing, distribution, service, and more. And at its foundation, lies reliable, predictive real-time data and actionable analytics.

Happening at One Moorgate Place, the dinner hosted by Mindtree will focus on thought-provoking discussions around the disruptions powered by digitization and the infinite possibilities of harnessing the synergies of a fully integrated digital value chain. We look forward to discussing:

1. Innovative digitisation opportunities across the business value chain – connected operations, employees, products and experiences.
2. Key considerations and challenges for successful digitisation – lessons from the industry
3. Role of Data to optimally digitize value chains

Speakers

Neal Sunners
CIO, DHL Parcel

Neal Sunners is an extremely accomplished CIO and more with extensive experience across many sectors. From building start-ups to making a difference at established large, global, complex organisations, Neal has made significant tangible contributions to helping CEOs make money and save money. He is particularly skilled in shaping and delivering platforms for growth, centred around ‘the customer’ and creating great teams to support that mission. When most might run and hide, Neal relishes managing change well.

Gaurav Gupta
Partner & Global Head, Digital Engineering, ISG

Gaurav has more than 2 decades of experience focused on complex, transformational change across key industries, including Manufacturing, CPG, Energy, Utilities and Lifesciences and has held leading positions driving the change agenda. His experience in establishing business transformation tenets early stage, allow him to envision and define an end state strategy which can be operationalized. As an ISG Partner, leading the Digital Engineering advisory, towards transformation programs which increasingly are assuming the shape of “Engineering led Digital transformation”, he will focus on building on the strong enterprise advisory & sourcing platform that ISG has and extend it towards the business-driven priorities. Gaurav and his team support both our Industry/Verticals and regions towards our direct-to-client models, including onshore and offshore resources.

Anand Rao
Consulting Partner, Mindtree

Anand Rao is a Consulting Partner with Mindtree’s Consulting Practice and Heads the Data & Applied Intelligence Advisory services within UKI & Europe. He works with inspiring Minds, a team of experienced design & advanced analytics practitioners and helps senior client executives in ideating and accelerating the execution of digital transformation initiatives that enables the pathway towards circular models by fusing strategy, design & data using ML/AI to boost ecosystem value and to foster planet conscious solutions. Anand excels at successfully tying the long-term strategic thinking that imbibes ‘Value at Scale’ with near-term execution and has a consultative approach towards engagements in the fields of connected ecosystems and corresponding fields of AI adoption as well as machine learning and natural language understanding that meets the end user experience and business goals.