Sunil is a highly accomplished and respected leader in the field of enterprise transformations, with a wealth of experience in C-level roles in the telecoms, ICT, and professional services industries.
He is recognized as an expert in the future of work, leadership, and strategy and is frequently featured in top publications such as The Economist, The Financial Times, and Fast Company. In 2020, The CEO Publication named him one of the Top 20 Dynamic CEOs in the UK and featured him on their cover. Sunil holds a Sloan Fellow Masters from London Business School, widely regarded as one of the premier executive leadership programs in the world.
As the former President and CEO of Project Management Institute (PMI), Sunil led an enterprise-wide digital and data transformation in addition to rebranding of the profession, resulting in the organization becoming one of the largest professional bodies in the world with over 1m+ members. He also served on the global advisory board of the Peter Drucker Forum during this time. Under his leadership, PMI received numerous accolades, including being named one of the “Top 100 Associations That Will Save The World” by the American Society of Association Executives, and winning several Stevie awards for its branding and transformation initiatives.
Sunil has held several other C-Level executive positions throughout his career, including CEO of I1too, a digital sales accelerator, and CEO of Experio BV, a global telecom company. While on the Executive Board of Vodafone Enterprise, he oversaw a major $1.8 billion global transformation program that included the largest successful implementation of Salesforce to date, for which he received Salesforce’s prestigious Surfboard award. As the Executive Vice President of Nokia, he led a successful turnaround of the company’s services sales during a distressed period.
Additionally, during his time at Accenture as the Partner responsible for APAC Outsourcing, Sunil managed some of the firm’s largest and most complex client engagements, building a reputation for delivering exceptional business outcomes.