Anupam Govil

Managing Partner, Avasant and President, Avasense

Anupam is a recognized Thought Leader and AI Evangelist with a career spanning Business consulting, Digital Transformation, Venture Capital and M&A. At Avasant, Anupam heads Global Strategic Sales, Partnerships and Marketing. He chairs Avasant’s renowned Empowering Beyond Summit which is the world’s leading C-level forum on Business & Tech Transformation. He is also President of Avasense (an Avasant subsidiary), a Sourcing Governance SaaS solution.

Over the last 20 years Anupam has consulted for Global 2000, Tech and PE firms, advising on strategic sourcing, tech investments, global expansion and M&A. He has advised global institutions such as World Bank, IDB, USAID, UN as well as heads of government of over 40 countries on ICT driven economic development and FDI. Anupam has been consistently ranked amongst Top 30 Industry Executives by Nearshore Americas and is a frequent speaker at global forums on Tech, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 

Anupam joined Avasant after the acquisition of Global Equations where as CEO he grew it into the leading Globalization Advisory firm. Prior to this, Anupam was a Co-founder of Inventes Inc, an enterprise software firm, heading product strategy and business development. As a Partner with 2i Capital, he invested in cross-border Tech, Services and Life Sciences firms between India and US. Prior to that he was a Sr Associate at Igate Ventures, the investment arm of Igate Corp. Earlier in his career Anupam has held technology leadership positions at Igate Corp, Iris Software and Tata Unisys. 

As a passionate entrepreneur he founded TiE Austin and served on the Board of TiE Global. He is the founding Chair of US India Chamber of Commerce Austin and serves on board of Avasant Foundation and Rainforest Partnership.

Anupam resides in Austin and grew up in India completing his B. Tech from Delhi College of Engineering and Masters in Computer Science from JNU Delhi.