Arnab Chakraborty

As Chief Responsible AI Officer, and Senior Managing Director at Accenture, Arnab Chakraborty oversees the company’s strategy, market-leading capabilities, C-suite client engagements, as well as technology ecosystem relationships and research partnerships related to responsible AI. Arnab also serves as CEO of the Telstra Accenture Joint Venture for Data & AI, working closely with Telstra leadership to accelerate their AI powered business transformation.

Arnab is a regular contributor to important conversations on AI regulation, including speaking at the U.S. Senate AI Insight Forum to address the impact and implications of AI on the workforce. He has also led discussions on responsible AI at the World Economic Forum and was recently appointed to the TM Forum AI and Data Mission Board, where he contributes to advancing industry-wide approaches for scaling trusted, production-ready AI.
 
With more than 28+ years of experience, Arnab has led data-driven transformation for Fortune 100 companies and holds 10 patents in machine learning solutions for business challenges. Throughout his career, he has built diverse, global teams to deliver high performance. Arnab is a member of the advisory board of Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Arnab is a regular speaker and author with Fortune, Forbes, WSJ, MIT and Stanford. Prior to this, he led the Data and AI business in North America and established the Data & AI practice in Silicon Valley. Before his time in the US, Arnab served as the Accenture Data and AI lead for Austria, Switzerland and Germany across industry groups. He has been instrumental in rapidly scaling Accenture’s Data & AI business with clients in Europe and North America, as well as developing innovative AI solutions.

Arnab holds an MBA in Industrial Management and a degree in Mechanical Engineering and is based in Chicago.