Umbar Shakir
Partner @Gartner
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WORK HISTORY
Partner @Gartner
London, GB
EDUCATION
Imperial College London
BSc & Diploma of Imperial College, Biochemistry & Management (Joint Honours)
ABOUT UMBAR SHAKIR
Umbar has 27 years of solid management consulting heritage having worked previously for PwC, IBM, PA Consulting, and Moorhouse. From strategy and digital innovation to CX/EX, and from Agile delivery to AI adoption, she’s passionate about emerging technology and delivering meaningful transformation. Currently a Partner and EMEA Lead for AI at Gartner Consulting, Umbar brings a unique understanding of the power of technology with a ruthless pragmatism that makes her advice highly achievable and deliverable. She has a passion for insight led decision making, design thinking, and humanising digital technologies to improve experiences (customer, employees, and citizens).Working mainly for large FTSE 250 and public sector organisations at a C-Suite level, Umbar has been a Partner at Gate One, overseeing the technology and data practices (90+ people). She also held global executive positions at Havas as Chief AI Strategy Officer, and Board Member of Havas CX.Umbar loves technology transformation because she relishes a good challenge: the thrill of the journey to solve a good puzzle and the buzz you get when helping a client have a ‘light-bulb’ moment. She loves the excitement of turning ideas into reality, and inspiring people to follow her lead.
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