Avinash Vashistha CEO at Tholons Speaker for the Analyst Debate Avinash (Avi) Vashistha is the Chairman of the Board at Tholons Inc. He is the former Chairman and CEO of Accenture (India), where he ran a $10 Billion global delivery, India P&L and a workforce of over 150,000 employees. Prior to Accenture, he was the founder of Tholons and neoIT and earlier with Nortel and AT&T in US and UK. Avinash has led investments in over 30 companies and has been a Limited Partner in 5 VC / PE funds. Avi is an advisor to Boards of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies and a thought leader in large Artificial Intelligence and Data driven digital transformation. Clients include UBS, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Visa, AXA, KPMG, Exxon, Vodafone, Verizon, Home Depot, Siemens, Walmart, etc. He has advised and managed over US$50 Billion in Technology and Consulting deals and is the author of best-selling books “The Offshore Nation” published by McGraw Hill and “Innovation at Scale. |
He has been a speaker at more than 300 conferences worldwide and is quoted as Innovation, Digital Transformation and Investments expert in: Financial Times, Time, Wall Street Journal, Economic Times, Times of India, Forbes, and other publications. He has exceptional network and relationships with top 1000 Chairman/CEOs, Bureaucrats, Ministers and policy makers across USA, Europe/UK, Asia/India and Latin America; and has been an active board and national member of AmCham, USIBC, FICCI, CII, NASSCOM and is a Life Fellow of Institute of Directors (IOD).