Speakers

Nilesh Thakker is President of Zinnov's Globalization Excellence practice and one of the leading voices in the Global Capability Center (GCC) ecosystem. With more than 35 years of experience, he advises Fortune 500 enterprises, global organizations, private equity-backed companies, and high-growth businesses on establishing, scaling, and transforming Global Capability Centers that drive innovation, talent, and business growth. Through his work at Zinnov, he has contributed to the establishment and growth of more than 200 GCCs globally, helping organizations accelerate capability build-out, strengthen digital and engineering capabilities, and create long-term enterprise value.

Widely recognized for his expertise in end-to-end GCC setup, GCC operations, and GCC transformation, Nilesh has helped enterprises build high-performing global centers across technology, healthcare, financial services, retail, travel, enterprise software, and digital industries. His experience spans GCC strategy, GCC setup and execution, Centers of Excellence (CoE) establishment, and operating model design. He works closely with CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, CHROs, and private equity leaders to transform delivery organizations into strategic capability hubs that accelerate innovation and business outcomes.

A strong advocate of AI-native GCCs, Nilesh helps enterprises build next-generation capability centers that combine talent, innovation, and technology expertise at scale. He has played a key role in shaping Zinnov's GCC-as-a-Service offerings, enabling organizations to operationalize centers quickly, access specialized talent, and establish scalable global operating models. His work focuses on helping enterprises move beyond traditional cost-arbitrage approaches and create future-ready platforms for growth, product innovation, and business transformation.

Prior to Zinnov, Nilesh served as General Manager and Head of Operations at Intuit India, where he led the development center's transformation into one of India's most respected technology organizations. He also held senior leadership positions at inPowered and Kayak, leading global engineering and product teams. A respected

industry voice on GCC operating models, GCC-as-a-Service, global talent, and AI-led transformation, his perspectives have been featured The Times of India, The Hindu BusinessLine, Forbes, and LinkedIn Top Voices and other leading industry platforms.

About Zinnov

Founded in 2002, Zinnov is a global management and strategy consulting firm advising 250+ Fortune 500 enterprises on technology-driven value creation. The firm operates across New York, Santa Clara, Houston, Seattle, London, and Paris, Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Hyderabad and Pune,

Zinnov's core offerings span digital engineering talent and global footprint optimization, M&A and PE advisory, market entry and expansion, open innovation programs, and digital transformation enabled by AI/ML, intelligent automation, cloud, and IoT. The firm helps clients design and scale global engineering operations while achieving R&D efficiency, innovation, and revenue growth in newer markets. Zinnov delivers commercial due diligence, buy-side and sell-side advisory, accelerator design and operations, and startup collaboration frameworks with predefined outcomes.

The firm serves enterprise software, BFSI, healthcare, automotive, retail, and telecom sectors across the US, Europe, Japan, and India through experienced consultants, SMEs, and research professionals.