Abhinav is a seasoned executive with several years of international experience working across Asia, Middle East and Europe. He is currently the Senior Vice President of Strategy & Operations at SAP. He has significant experience in leading digital transformation & climate change initiatives having worked with McKinsey & Co. for several years as an Associate Partner and also at Fortune 500 companies including Dell and thyssenkrupp. He was also the Founder & Board Member for thyssenkrupp Innovations an innovation venture responsible for new digital & green solutions for industrial sector in Asia Pacific.

Abhinav is a proven thought leader having delivered hundreds of keynotes and media interviews and published multiple articles, whitepapers, and courses on digital transformation & climate change. He recently authored a whitepaper on Advancing Corporate Climate Action in Asia in partnership with BCG and presented at the World Economic Forum, Davos last year. Abhinav is also a member of the Forbes Ignite Expert network and a visiting lecturer at the St. Gallen Institute Of Management (Singapore campus)

Abhinav has been recognized as the Top 50 CIO for SE Asia and Hong Kong by IDG, Top 50 Global Thought Leaders & Influencers by Thinkers 360, and won the Analytics Asia Top100 award in 2019.