Sydney, Australia & Auckland, New Zealand – 13 March 2025 – EXL [NASDAQ: EXLS], a global data and AI company, is hosting AI in action: APAC 2025, a virtual event designed to equip businesses with practical strategies and cutting-edge innovations to harness and scale AI for measurable impact.
The highly anticipated event is scheduled for 20th March 2025 at 12pm AEDT.
Building on the success of previous AI in Action events, this year’s edition will bring together visionary leaders, AI experts, and industry professionals from banking, insurance, utilities, retail, technology, transportation, and more. Together, they will explore real-world applications of agentic AI, large language models (LLMs), and data intelligence—helping enterprises reimagine their business operating model and scale AI adoption with confidence.
An Impressive Lineup of Industry Leaders
The event will feature a stellar lineup of speakers, including top executives and AI pioneers shaping the future of technology and business.
Keynote Speakers
- Rohit Kapoor – EXL Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
With decades of leadership experience, Kapoor has driven EXL’s transformation into a global data and AI powerhouse, spearheading innovative solutions that help enterprises modernise and scale AI-driven decision-making. - Kevin Ichhpurani – President, Global Partner Ecosystem, Google Cloud
A leader in cloud innovation, Ichhpurani oversees Google Cloud’s global partner strategy, helping organisations leverage AI and cloud technology to unlock new opportunities and accelerate digital transformation. - Rahul Pathak – Vice President of Data and AI GTM, AWS
Pathak leads AWS’s go-to-market strategy for AI/ML and generative AI, working with enterprises to harness the power of machine learning and large-scale AI models for business transformation.
Featured Speakers
- John Gallant – Enterprise Consulting Director, CIO.com
- Alexandra Hordern, General Manager, Regulatory and Consumer Policy, Insurance Council of Australia
- Jaideep Thyagarajan – Director, Gartner
- Jeffery Eberwein – Chief Solutions & Data Officer, Avant Insurance
- John Kim, Chief Data Officer, Zurich
- Troy Williams – Asia Pacific Digital Leader, ISG
- John Fanelli – VP, Enterprise Software, NVIDIA
- Sujit Singh, Partner Solution Architect at AWS
Unlocking AI’s Potential: Practical Lessons for Business Leaders
The event will provide attendees with actionable insights, hands-on demonstrations, and expert discussions to scale AI across the enterprise, bridge strategy with execution, and drive measurable business outcomes. Through a combination of expert panels, live demos, and interactive sessions, participants will gain insights into:
- The AI Imperative—Scaling Transformation with Precision – Presented by Vishal Chhibbar, EVP and International Growth Markets and Chief Growth Officer, exploring how AI, powered by domain expertise and advanced data intelligence, is reshaping industries by enhancing operational efficiency, customer experience (CX), and operating model modernisation.
- Delivering Measurable Impact with Large Language Models – A showcase of EXL’s LLM framework, demonstrating how agentic AI, generative AI, predictive models, and automation are driving smarter and faster decision-making, streamlined operations, and enhanced customer interactions.
- Empowering Data Management with Agentic AI – A deep dive into how AI is revolutionising data governance, enabling more efficient data organisation, workflow automation, and decision intelligence.
- Driving Innovation: AI-Powered Code Modernisation – Real-world success stories highlighting Code Harbor, EXL’s GenAI-powered and agentic AI tool designed to speed up the migration of legacy code to modern open-source languages by automating code writing and optimisation—empowering enterprises to unlock scalable solutions and business impact.
As organisations across Australia and New Zealand navigate the complexity of AI adoption, AI in action 2025 aims to inspire businesses through visionary discussions, empower them with proven AI scaling strategies, and educate them on deploying AI solutions tailored to their industries.
Villas Madan, who leads EXL in the APAC region, looks forward to hosting business leaders and professionals from across ANZ, stating: “AI in action has become not only a platform for learning but a catalyst for envisioning and implementing transformative operating models to modernise businesses for an AI-driven world. We are proud to lead this conversation and to support Australian and New Zealand businesses moving beyond pilots to scalable AI.”
With a proven track record of data and AI excellence, EXL continues to lead the charge in AI and data-led transformation, supporting businesses in leveraging cutting-edge AI solutions for long-term success.
For more details and to register for the event, visit AI in action: ANZ 2025.
For more information about EXL, please visit www.exlservice.com.
