
Nilay Gami
California State University (CalPoly)
Professional Summary: Nilay Gami is an accomplished professional with extensive global leadership experience, specializing in creating and executing transformational strategies that resolve complexities, improve sustainability, and accelerate operational and financial performance. He is renowned for his expertise in environmental health and safety (EHS), leveraging AI, IIoT and data analytics to drive innovation, bringing disruptive improvements to EHS, and enhancing standards and compliance across various industries.Nilay has held senior roles in several global companies, including serving as the Global Head for High-Risk Operations at Amazon, focusing on EHS&S, Technical Director for Michelin North America and Michelin Asia, Head of Digital Transformation for Michelin, and Reliability and Engineering Manager at Anheuser-Busch InBev Canada. Additionally, he has entrepreneurial experience, having started his own company and successfully taken it through an IPO and merger. He has worked on $15 billion worth of large capital projects, with the single largest being $1.8 billion.
Global Experience: Having lived and worked in the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, India, and Thailand, Nilay thrives in international environments and has a proven track record of managing diverse cultures.
Social Responsibility: Nilay has a deep sense of social responsibility and has worked on initiatives related to public health camps, technical training and up-skilling, and reducing carbon footprints via renewable resources. He is one of the founding members of Southeast Asia Junction, a think tank that promotes diversity and inclusion and fosters understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its realities and socio-cultural dimensions, from the arts to economic development.