Tech Mahindra appoints Amol Phadke as chief transformation officer

IT services firm Tech Mahindra has named Amol Phadke as the chief transformation officer. An industry veteran, Phadke specialises in offering technology and business leadership in areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud, software networks and IT, Big Tech, and telecommunications industry. 

Before Tech Mahindra, Phadke was with Telenor Group as the group chief technology officer (CTO) and executive vice president. In the role, he led the Group Technology organisation at the headquarters in Norway and was responsible for setting Telenor’s overall technology strategy and Research & Innovation ambitions. Phadke was also responsible for the group's security strategy as well as global ecosystem partnerships. 

He was also the Group Chief Procurement Officer and Chair of Telenor Procurement Company. Prior to joining Telenor, Amol was at Google Cloud and served as the Global GM for the Communications Service Provider Industry Vertical.

He has over 25 years of global telecom Industry experience and has worked at Accenture, Alcatel-Lucent (now Nokia), and BT Group in several leadership roles across the US, India, Singapore, and the UK. He is also a Founding Partner at an Angel Investment Company that invests in global tech startups that are at an early incubation stage.

Phadke holds a Double degree Executive MBA from UCLA, California-NUS, Singapore. He also holds a Master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering from USC, California, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Mumbai.

Beyond today’s appointment, Tech Mahindra recently made a couple of other executive-level hires in May. The company announced Manish Mangal will take over as Head – Americas Communications Business, and Sahil Dhawan as the Head – India, Middle East, and Africa (IMEA) Business.