Gopal Vittal

Speaker Bio

Gopal Vittal is the Executive Vice Chairman of Bharti Airtel Limited, transitioned from the role of Vice Chairman & Managing Director. Prior to this, he was the Managing Director & CEO for the brand for twelve years during which period, Airtel built a winning portfolio of businesses across mobile, B2B, Home Broadband, DTH and digital services.

Under his leadership, Airtel has achieved a lifetime high in terms of both revenue market share and enterprise value in a very competitive market. Over the past several years Gopal has been driving the brand’s digital transformation journey including defining the culture, metrics, incentives for collaboration and overall “re- imagining the business”.

Prior to Airtel, Gopal was with Unilever for close to two decades working across sales, marketing and general management in markets spanning India, Thailand, Indonesia and China. In his last assignment at Unilever, he led the Home and Personal care business and strengthened the entire portfolio by growing market share and profitability across categories. Gopal Vittal is an alumnus of Madras Christian College and has completed his MBA from IIM, Calcutta.