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Vikas Virjania

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General Manager Information Technology - BMW Sales and Financial Services at BMW Group
📍 Greater Melbourne Area, Australia

Vikas is a senior technology executive (CIO/CTO/CDO) with over two decades of experience driving growth at global brands like BMW, Dentsu, and ANZ. He specializes in leveraging AI, cloud, and data transformation to achieve strategic business goals. He holds an MBA from AGSM @ UNSW Business School.

Outside of his executive roles, Vikas shows a strong interest in the evolution of automotive technology and expresses deep pride in his Indian heritage. Colleagues have described him as being analytically strong, motivated, and possessing excellent managerial skills.

He recently led the successful implementation of SAP S/4HANA for BMWs entire India operations, a major technological milestone.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
General Manager Information Technology - BMW Sales and Financial Services
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Melbourne Area, Australia
Personality Overview

How Vikas shows up

Dynamic But Sincere
Friendly But Fast
Driven But Considerate

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders) They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed

Priorities

Topics Vikas cares about

AI-led Transformation
He focuses on turning enterprises into AI-led organizations, using AI to predict customer needs and boost productivity, as demonstrated in his role at BMW.
Large-Scale Digitalization
He has extensive experience leading multi-million dollar digital transformations across APAC for Dentsu and BMW, integrating markets and modernizing platforms like Salesforce and SAP.
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Career

Work history

3-2024
General Manager Information Technology - BMW Sales and Financial Services
BMW Group
1-2022 - 3-2024
APAC Delivery Director Business Platforms
dentsu international
2-2017 - 1-2022
Head of IT ( BMW Group AU & NZ) - Digital Strategy & Innovation
BMW Group
7-2014 - 2-2017
Delivery Manager
ANZ
5-2011 - 7-2014
Project and Delivery Management
ANZ
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Education
2012 - 2013
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
AGSM @ UNSW Business School
1998 - 2001
Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.)
Maharshi Dayanand University
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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