Starting his career with the Tata Group in 1989, he has had a long and illustrious career working with reputed organizations such as Pepsi, Fidelity (FIS), Aon Hewitt, Barclays Bank, WNS Global Services and Maersk Group, where he has held senior leadership positions, leading large global teams and transformation programs.  Over the course of his career he has been responsible for playing diverse roles covering the entire gamut of IT services such as setting up & running IT Operations, global infrastructure support, application & ERP implementation, Business Continuity, Information Security, and Business Development. The scale and scope of these roles has been huge with significant global impact.

Ashish has been recognized at many national and international forums, most notably he has won the Top100 CIO award multiple times and the European SSON 2017 award for Excellence in Automation for establishing and institutionalizing global RPA practice at Maersk at a record pace.

In his current role, he is responsible for leading the tech-based growth strategy and innovation at the Allcargo Group globally, and for helping shape the digital agenda of the organization.

Ashish holds an Engineering degree in Electronics & Communication from B.I.T., Ranchi and an MBA in Systems & Finance from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He is well regarded in the industry for his thought leadership, inspirational abilities & strong value system.

Rated as India’s Best CIO, he has won several prestigious recognitions including CIO of the year, CIO Hall of Fame, Super League CIO, Champion CIO, Global CIO, Global CIO Hall of fame, Most Influential CIO, Innovative CIO, Most Respected CIO, India’s Best IT Manager, and many others. Mr. Sethi has also featured in the CIO Power List for 2015, 2016 and 2017.

He was also won numerous CSR leadership awards including being rated as India’s Most Innovative CSR Leader, Outstanding CSR Leadership award and has featured in the list of India’s 50 most talented CSR Leaders and World’s Top 100 Most Impactful CSR Leaders.

He is a member of various national forums including Chairman of IT committee of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Member CII’s National Committee on IT and ITeS, Co Chair CII National Committee for CIOs, and Board member of SAP India User Group (INDUS). He is on the advisory councils of several leading organizations. And also is chairman of CSR & Sustainability Forum of National CSR Network.

A regular speaker at various institutes and forums, Mr. Sethi holds a Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering, an MBA in Materials Management and a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Apart from this he has attended leadership programs organized by leading global institutes including Harvard Business School, Indian School of Business and also has a number of certifications in various areas of management and IT.