New Verdantix Council Unites World’s Top AI Leaders To Guide Executives Through Era Of Transformation

London, UK. Verdantix, the independent research and advisory firm, today announced the launch of its sixth Vantage Council, bringing together AI leaders from around the world at a moment when the stakes for enterprise AI have never been higher. As organizations race to implement generative and predictive AI, executives are navigating regulation, rising cyber security threats and mounting pressure from boards to deliver measurable business impact. The Vantage AI Council will address the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and business, providing a collaborative forum for senior executives across industries and regions to exchange insights, share best practices and drive innovation.

The Vantage AI Council will help members navigate the full spectrum of enterprise AI challenges – from strategy and data management to governance, trust, adoption, ROI measurement, and integration into everyday workflows to develop an enterprise-wide AI ecosystem. Council discussions will inform Verdantix research to deliver both unmatched detail and a strategic, big-picture perspective. Members also provide feedback and recommendations to solution providers, helping enhance the tools critical to their roles. Councils meet several times a year, with key insights shared exclusively with Verdantix subscribers under the Chatham House Rule.

The initial members of the Vantage AI Council are:

• Anirban Nandi, Vice President, AI and Data, Albertsons Companies
• Doug Peterson, Director, AI Strategy & Implementation, AbbVie
• Georg Langlotz, Head of AI Centre of Excellence, UBS
• Gurdeep Singh, Associate Vice President & Head - AI Centre of Excellence, Tata Communications
• Kushal Pasari, Global Head of AI/ML & Platforms Engineering, Kimberly-Clark
• Maria Zelkovskaya, Business Data Governance Transformation Director, Danone
• René Greiner, Sr. Director of Data, AI and Digital, Cargill Ocean Transportation
• Sabrykrishnan Loganathan, Strategy Advisor - AI & App Security, Peloton
• Sam Dover, Head of Artificial Intelligence, The Magnum Ice Cream Company
• Tejas Gajjar, Technology Leader, Engineering, Macy’s
• Vino Kingston, Data & AI Transformation Strategy and Integration leader, Lockheed Martin
  

The launch of the Vantage AI Council builds on the success of five existing Vantage Councils, which bring together senior executives from leading global organizations to share knowledge across safety, sustainability, risk, industrial asset management, and real estate and the built environment. By leveraging expertise across these Councils, members collectively drive strategic transformation, champion best practices and accelerate the adoption of digital technologies across key business functions, with key findings shared with more than 1,800 Vantage users worldwide to amplify their impact.

“I am excited to join the Verdantix Vantage AI Council and collaborate with senior industry leaders and experts who are turning AI from experimentation into responsible, enterprise scale solutions,” commented Tejas Gajjar, Technology Leader, Engineering at Macy’s. “Cross-industry research from Verdantix, alongside its focus on governance, make this an ideal forum to share real-world lessons from AI-enabled cloud platform engineering, learn from peers facing similar challenges, and help shape best practices that will guide the next wave of trusted, business-ready AI.”

To find out more about our Vantage Councils,  visit the Councils page.