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Satish Kannan

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EVP, Chief People Officer at Accolite
📍 Bangalore Urban district, India

Satish Kannan is a global HR leader and the EVP, Chief People Officer at Bounteous x Accolite, with extensive experience in the APAC and EMEA high-tech sectors. He specializes in building and executing talent strategies for global markets. Colleagues describe him as having strong business acumen, being innovative and outcome-oriented.

He is a graduate of the prestigious Chief Human Resources Program at Wharton Executive Education and holds a certification in AI Applications for Growth.

Satish champions using large-scale, global AI hackathons to drive co-innovation and solve real business needs.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
EVP, Chief People Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bangalore Urban district, India
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AI-centric Organizations
He actively promotes internal AI hackathons to harness collective intelligence, believing such initiatives are vital to shaping the future of work.
Global Talent Strategy
His career has focused on driving talent strategy and capability-building for global sales and engagement professionals across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and APAC.
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Career

Work history

12-2024
EVP, Chief People Officer
Accolite
10-2022 - 12-2024
Vice President & Head HR - Global Markets, Europe & MEA
Infosys
1-2018 - 12-2022
Associate Vice President, HR Head - Global Markets, EMEA & Infosys Consulting
Infosys
1-2015 - 12-2019
HR Business Leader, EMEA & APAC
Infosys
4-2011 - 12-2014
HR Business Manager
Infosys
In the press

Media appearances

Bounteous x Accolite Appoints Satish Kannan as EVP, Chief People Officer – EMEA & APAC. Featured in Bounteous
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Education
3-2023 - 12-2023
Chief Human Resources Program
Wharton Executive Education
2020 - 2020
HR Transformation Program
Cornell University
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