Altaf Patel

Altaf Patel is a senior leader with two decades of global experience driving enterprise change across PepsiCo, Tesco, British Telecom, and General Electric. At PepsiCo, he leads the company’s global Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics strategy — defining roadmaps, building AI-augmented insight products, and embedding a culture of data-driven decision-making across business units and geographies. He is particularly passionate about how generative AI and advanced analytics are redefining the future of BI — shifting from hindsight reporting to foresight and decision intelligence. His focus is on scaling data and digital capabilities, building high-performing teams, and unlocking measurable commercial value.

Altaf holds an MBA from HEC Paris and a B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. Prior to PepsiCo, he led transformation at Tesco, shaping its global business solutions agenda, and held leadership roles in digital and technology at British Telecom.