Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Krishnan Gopi, Chief Disruption Officer at GEMS Education has been recognised as ‘Digital Disruptive Leader 2018’ at the prestigious technology forum DIGITRANS.

While receiving this accolade, Krish thanked the executive management for their support and applauded his team’s efforts in the transformation journey at GEMS Education.

Krish gave an engaging key note speech about the new-age customers and how organisations should keep their customers at the centre of their digital transformation.

Krishnan Gopi (Krish), Chief Disruption Officer, GEMS Education, said: “We are living in an era where customers shape strategies not the corporates.  It is absolutely critical to know your customers well and to build end to end customer journeys incorporating the products / services through frictionless channel experience. Customer experience is not only about your external customers but also about your employees and stakeholders”

Under Krish’s leadership, GEMS Education has embarked on a mission to challenge the status quo and to bring disruptive innovation in education and across the enterprise.

Krish is a seasoned technology professional with two decades of international experience across five continents. Krish has a successful track record of spearheading business transformations for Fortune 100 companies including Citigroup, Fidelity Investments, First Abu Dhabi Bank, BankMuscat and Qatar Islamic Bank.

GEMS Education continues to be at the forefront of innovation for its network of world-class learning environments.

DIGITRANS is a renowned technology event organised by MIT Sloan Management Review GCC and Khaleej Times that recognises global leaders for their excellence in driving digital transformation across various industries.

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Krishnan Gopi – awards and achievements

  • Krishnan regularly features in many prestigious magazines and has delivered key note speeches at various technology forums
  • Krishnan has been voted as:
  • “World’s Greatest CDO 2017-18” by Asia One Magazine, ME
  • "Digital Disruptor of the Year" at CDO Conclave 2018
  • “GCC Chief Digital Officer of the Year 2017” at CDO Conclave
  • “Global Excellence Award 2017 for IT Strategy” by The Open Group
  • "CIO of the Year 2016 across MENA” at MEFTECH Awards
  • One of the Top CIOs for MENA region by leading CNME magazine for both consecutive years 2015 & 2016
  • Received Honorary Doctorate of Letters (D.Litt.) from ITU, USA in recognition of efforts in bringing technology to less privileged students

About GEMS Education:

GEMS Education is one of the world’s oldest and largest K-12 private education providers. It is a highly-regarded choice for quality private education in the Middle East and North Africa region. As a company founded in the UAE in 1959, it holds an unparalleled track-record of providing diverse curricula and educational choices to all socio-economic means. Operating 47 owned and operated schools, and a further three managed in the MENA region, GEMS Education currently serves over 115,000 students; and through its growing network of schools as well as charitable contributions is fulfilling the founder’s vision of putting a quality education within the reach of every child.

For more information, please contact:
Yasser Alvi
Georgina Scott
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller
Tel: (+971) 4 4507 600
Email: yasser.alvi@bm.com
georgina.scott@bm.com

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