Amitabh Ray

Amitabh Ray

Former Managing Director, Ericsson Global Services

With over three decades of extensive business and corporate leadership experience, Amitabh Ray is a pragmatic leader known for driving growth and innovation through strategic vision, team-building, and relentless execution.

His passion for fostering relationships and communication has allowed him to perform from the trenches to the board rooms.

As a Global Executive in the Telecom, Tech, and Professional Services industries, he has a deep commitment for business, execution, and people development. His former roles include Managing Director at Ericsson Global Services, Head of IBM Global Delivery, and Consulting Partner at PwC India. These have given him a huge swathe of global experience, navigating the challenges and complexities of large-scale transformational initiatives, in three organizations, each with over a century of history and resilience through world wars, industrial revolutions, and seismic technological shifts. After spending years working in the Silicon Valley, USA and Europe, Amitabh has been acknowledged by the industry as an inspirational keynote speaker and a great technology visionary.

Honoured as one of the Most Promising Business Leaders of Asia 2021 by The Economic Times and recognized as a Top 100 People Managers in 2022 by the Forbes India, his dedication to uplifting others remains his driving force. This is mirrored throughout his career in creating opportunities where others faltered, and consistently aligning his personal goals with those of the organisation.

Keynote

Business Longevity: Managing Disruption, Maximizing ROI


Overview

The essence of business longevity lies not in resisting change but in adapting and evolving with it. Disruptions, while challenging, can be the catalysts that lead us to innovative solutions, ensuring not only survival but also sustained success.

As business leaders, our task is to anticipate, adapt, and always keep an eye on delivering value, ensuring that our ROI is not just financial but also social and ethical.

The session will highlight on the changing tide of business from historical perspective to today's reality and, understanding disruptions of various kinds be it social, technological or economical.

How can we predict, adapt the disruptions and maximise ROI. What is the blueprint for longevity, how do we embrace change?