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WELCOME TO 2023’S EDITION OF TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE’S TOP 100 COMPANIES.

From cybersecurity leaders and consulting experts to the companies at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution, this year’s list features the world’s most significant companies. Our list features a range of organisations, from some of the largest companies in the world to the most innovative startups, all of whom deserve their place in these pages.

With topics such as AI an unavoidable subject of discussion in boardrooms around the world, our top companies are at the forefront of innovation: adapting to the rapidly changing landscape and staying ahead of the curve.

Read on to discover 100 of the leading players in the technology world.

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100 NICE

Founded in 1986

CEO: Barak Eilam

NICE is the worldwide leading provider of both cloud and on-premises enterprise software solutions that empower organisations to make smarter decisions based on advanced analytics of structured and unstructured data.

The company was founded in 1986 by Barak Eilam and Ron Yekutiel as Neptune Intelligence Computer Engineering and is headquartered in Ra’anana, Israel. NICE has over 7,500 employees and operates in over 30 countries around the world.

NICE helps organisations of all sizes deliver better customer service, ensure compliance, combat fraud and safeguard citizens. Over 25,000 organisations in more than 150 countries, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 companies, are using NICE solutions.

Software Development

United States

99 GraphCore

Founded in 2016 CEO: Nigel Toon

Founded in 2016, Graphcore believes its Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) technology will become the worldwide standard for machine intelligence computing. The IPU is a completely new processor specifically designed for AI computing. The IPU’s unique architecture lets AI researchers undertake entirely new types of work, not possible using current technologies, to drive advances in machine intelligence.

Its next generation 3D Wafer-on-Wafer Bow IPU systems are helping AI innovators worldwide to build better, more innovative AI solutions. Graphcore’s team is at the forefront of the AI revolution, enabling innovators from all industries and sectors to expand human potential with technology.

Semiconductors

United Kingdom

98 DataRobot

Founded in 2012

CEO: Debanjan Saha https://www.datarobot.com/

DataRobot is the leader in Value-Driven AI – a unique and collaborative approach to AI that combines its open AI platform, deep AI expertise, and broad use-case implementation to improve how customers run, grow, and optimise their business.

With a belief that AI will enhance every aspect of business transactions and human interactions to improve how we live, work, play and stay safe, DataRobot’s vision is for all organisations to adopt Value-Driven AI as a core competency to improve how they run, grow, and optimise their business.

Founded in 2012, today its platform is trusted by 40% of the Fortune 50.

Software Development

United States

97 BearingPoint

Founded in 2002

CEO: Kiumars Hamidian

BearingPoint is an independent management and technology consulting firm with European roots and global reach. BearingPoint helps its clients realise their goals by applying its deep industry and functional expertise to understand and address their specific needs. Its consultants are passionate and highly engaged with a pragmatic yet innovative mindset.

As Business Consultants, BearingPoint helps clients make transformation real by delivering measurable and sustainable results, combining management and technology capabilities to achieve the full value potential and embrace change.

Business Consulting and Services

Netherlands

96

C3 AI

Founded in 2009

CEO: Thomas Siebel

https://c3.ai https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ c3-ai/about/

C3 AI is a leading enterprise AI software provider for building enterprise-scale AI applications and accelerating digital transformation.

Founded and led by Silicon Valley veteran entrepreneur Tom Siebel, at the core of all C3 AI products is a proprietary, model-driven AI architecture that dramatically enhances data science and application development.

The C3 AI Platform allows customers to develop, deploy, and operate large-scale AI, predictive analytics, and IoT applications.

C3 AI software is used by some of the world’s largest organisations – including Shell, Bank of America, the U.S. Air Force, Koch Industries, ENGIE, and others – to solve previously unsolvable problems at a massive scale.

Computer Software

United States

95

SenseTime

Founded in 2014

CEO: Xu Li http://www.

SenseTime is a leading AI software company founded in Hong Kong in 2014, focused on creating a better AI-empowered future through innovation. Upholding a vision of advancing the interconnection of physical and digital worlds with AI, driving sustainable productivity growth and seamless interactive experiences, SenseTime is committed to advancing AI research, developing scalable and affordable AI software platforms that benefit businesses, people, and society.

SenseTime has been actively involved in the development of national and international industry standards on data security, privacy protection, ethical and sustainable AI, working closely with multiple domestic and multilateral institutions on ethical and sustainable AI development.

94 McAfee

Founded in 1987

CEO: Greg Johnson

McAfee is a worldwide leader in online protection. Focused on protecting people, not just devices, McAfee’s consumer solutions adapt to users’ needs in an always-online world, empowering them to live securely through integrated, intuitive solutions that protect their families and communities with the right security at the right moment.

Founded in 1987 as McAfee Associates by John McAfee, McAfee software has been protecting people for more than three decades.

It has more than 1,800 employees and 108 million customers globally. Its software has won a number of awards, including PC Mag Editors’ Choice winner on 33 occasions.

Computer & Network Security

United States

93 Proofpoint

Founded in 2002

CEO: Ashan Willy

Founded by former Netscape CTO Eric Hahn in 2002, enterprise cybersecurity software company Proofpoint now serves more than 8,000 enterprises worldwide. The company went public in 2012, and in 2020 generated more than US$1bn in revenue, making it the first SaaS-based cybersecurity and compliance company to meet that milestone.

In 2021, Proofpoint was acquired by Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity software investing firm, in a transaction that valued Proofpoint at US$12.3bn. This is the largest go-private software deal in history.

Today, Proofpoint is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with additional offices in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Computer & Network Security

United States

92

Automation Anywhere

Founded in 2003

CEO: Mihir Shukla

Automation Anywhere is on a singular and unwavering mission to democratise automation and create a better future for everyone, liberating people from mundane, repetitive tasks and allowing them more time to use their intellect and creativity.

With 2.8 million bots deployed at customers in 90 countries, and network of over 2,100 partners, Automation Anywhere is a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, and its AI-powered digital workforce platform optimises the business processes of the world’s largest enterprises and governments in virtually every industry including 85% of the top banks and financial institutions, 90% of the top healthcare institutions, 85% of the top technology companies, and 80% of the top telecom companies.

Software Development

United States

91 H2O.ai

Founded in 2011

CEO: Sri Ambati

H2O.ai is the leading AI cloud company on a mission to democratise AI for everyone.

Recognised as a global visionary and thought leader in automated machine learning (autoML), time series forecasting and responsible AI, H2O.ai is the trusted AI partner to more than 20,000 organisations around the world, including AT&T, Aegon/Transamerica, Allergan, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Capital One, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, GlaxoSmithKline, Hitachi, Kaiser Permanente, PayPal, PWC and Walgreens.

Its H2O AI Cloud platform enables businesses, government entities, nonprofits and academic institutions to make, operate and innovate with AI to accelerate responsible innovation and push the boundaries of what is possible with AI.

Computer Software

United States

Founded in 1985

CEO: Yo Honma

The NTT Group is a world leader in providing technology and business solutions to people, clients and communities.

With US$108bn in revenue and more than 330,000 employees in over 80 countries and regions, NTT is committed to being a longterm trusted partner and contributing to society through its business operations.

NTT’s services include digital business consulting, technology and managed services for cybersecurity, applications, workplace, cloud, data centre and networks. As a top 5 global technology and business solutions provider, NTT’s diverse teams deliver services in over 190 countries and regions, serving 75%+ of Fortune Global 100 companies and thousands of other clients and communities around the world.

IT Services

Rackspace Technology

Founded in 1998

CEO: Amar Maletira

Rackspace Technology’s technical acumen with the world’s leading technologies and multi-cloud environments – across clients’ applications, data and security – enables them to grow their business, increase efficiency and deliver the future.

Racksace Technology solves more than workload problems; it creates business advantages. Its multicloud solutions expertise means organisations are empowered to work faster, smarter and ahead of what’s next. It was named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure Professional and Managed Service Providers, Worldwide and a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Hosted Private Cloud Services in North America and Europe, Q2 2020.

IT Services and IT Consulting

United States

88 Rapid7

Founded in 2000

CEO: Corey E. Thomas

Organisations around the globe rely on Rapid7 technology, services, and research to securely advance.

Based in Boston, the company provides cloudnative cybersecurity solutions. Its products and services help organisations reduce vulnerabilities, monitor for malicious behaviour, investigate and shut down attacks, and automate routine tasks.

Rapid7’s Insight Platform collects data from across an organisation’s environment, making it easy for teams to manage vulnerabilities, monitor for malicious behaviour, investigate and shut down attacks, and automate operations.

Through automation and orchestration, team members are freed up to focus on strategic priorities with the confidence to know that things are running smoothly in the background. Computer

Founded in 1981

CEO: Mike Norris

Founded in 1981 by Philip Hulme and Peter Ogden, British multinational Computacenter is a leading independent technology and services provider trusted by large corporate and public sector organisations.

Today it helps customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling people and their businesses. Headquartered in Hertfordshire, England and led by CEO Mike Norris since 1994, Computacenter is a public company quoted on the London FTSE 250 and employs over 20,000 people worldwide. Its customers include the UK government, the NHS, and many leading private sector companies. IT

Check Point

Founded in 1993

CEO: Gil Shwed

Check Point Software Technologies is a leading provider of cyber security solutions to governments and enterprises globally. Its solutions protect over 100,000 customers from cyber-attacks with an industry-leading catch rate of malware, ransomware and advanced targeted threats.

By offering a multilevel security architecture, “Infinity Total Protection with Gen V advanced threat prevention,” Check Point defends enterprises’ cloud, network and mobile devices. Check Point Infinity’s portfolio of solutions protects enterprises and public organisations from fifth-generation cyber-attacks with an industry-leading catch rate of malware, ransomware and other threats.

Computer & Network Security

United States

Founded in 2016 CEO: Kabir Barday

OneTrust is the trust intelligence cloud platform organisations use to transform trust from an abstract concept into a measurable competitive advantage. Organisations globally use OneTrust to enable the responsible use of data while protecting the privacy rights of individuals, implement and report on their cyber security program, make their social impact goals a reality, and create a culture of trust.

More than 14,000 customers use OneTrust’s technology, including half of the Global 2,000. OneTrust currently ranks #24 on the Forbes Cloud 100 list of top private cloud companies in the world and employs over 2,000 people in regions across North America, South America, Asia, Europe, and Australia.

Computer Software

United States

84 Alphabet

Founded in 2015

CEO: Sundar Pichai

Alphabet is a holding company created in 2015 by Google’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The company’s mission is to “organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Alphabet is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has over 100,000 employees worldwide. Alphabet’s portfolio of companies includes Google, YouTube, Android, Waymo, Verily, and CapitalG. Google is the company’s largest subsidiary and is responsible for developing and maintaining the company’s search engine, advertising platform, and other products and services. YouTube is the world’s largest video-sharing platform, and Android is the world’s most popular mobile operating system.

Holding Company

United States

83 Canon

Founded in 1937

CEO: Fujio Mitarai

Canon is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures cameras, photocopiers, printers, scanners, and other imaging equipment. Founded in 1937 as Precision Optical Industry, Co., Ltd, it is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

From cameras to commercial printers and business consultancy to healthcare technologies, Canon enriches lives and businesses through imaging innovation. Canon’s corporate philosophy is Kyosei – ’living and working together for the common good’.

With approximately 180,000 employees worldwide, the Canon Group includes manufacturing and marketing subsidiaries in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania; and a global R&D network with companies based in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia.

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Trend Micro

Founded in 1988

CEO: Eva Chen

Global cybersecurity leader Trend Micro helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, its cybersecurity platform protects 500,000+ organisations and 250+ million individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints.

As a leader in cloud and enterprise cybersecurity, Trend Micro’s platform delivers a powerful range of advanced threat defence techniques optimised for environments like AWS, Microsoft, and Google, and central visibility for better, faster detection and response.

Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company has 7,000 employees based across 65 countries.

Computer Software

Japan

81

Zscaler

Founded in 2007

CEO: Jay Chaudhry

Recognised as a leader in zero trust, Zscaler enables the world’s leading organisations to securely transform their networks and applications for a mobile and cloud-first world. Its flagship services, Zscaler Internet Access and Zscaler Private Access create fast, secure connections between users and applications, regardless of device, location, or network.

Zscaler services are 100% cloud-delivered and offer the simplicity, enhanced security, and improved user experience that traditional appliances or hybrid solutions are unable to match. Used in more than 185 countries, Zscaler operates the world’s largest cloud security platform, protecting thousands of enterprises and government agencies from cyberattacks and data loss.

Computer & Network Security

United States

80

HCL Technologies

Founded in 1976

CEO: C Vijayakumar

Founded in 1976 as one of the original tech startups, HCLTech is a global technology company, home to 225,900+ people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centred around digital, engineering and cloud, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. Working with clients across all major verticals, HCLTech provides industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG and Public Services. With expertise in Digital, Engineering and Cloud, HCL delivers solutions that fulfil the traditional, transformational and future needs of clients across the globe.

IT

Services and IT Consulting

India

79

Foxconn

Founded in 1974

CEO: Young Liu

Established in Taiwan in 1974, Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) is the world’s largest electronics manufacturer.

The company manufactures electronic products for major companies around the world, with products including the iPad, iPhone, iPod, Kindle, all Nintendo gaming systems since the GameCube, Cisco products, Sony devices, Google Pixel devices, Xiaomi devices, every successor to Microsoft’s first Xbox console, and several CPU sockets.

The company has established R&D and manufacturing centres in other markets around the world including China, India, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Czech Republic, the U.S. and more. With a focus on research and development, the company owns more than 54,253 patents.

Computers & Electronics

Taiwan

Huawei

Founded in 1987

CEO: Ren Zhengfei

Huawei is a leading global provider of ICT infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions across four key domains –telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services – Huawei is committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organisation for a fully connected, intelligent world.

Through open collaboration with ecosystem partners, Huawei creates lasting value for customers, working to empower people, enrich home life, and inspire innovation in organisations of all shapes and sizes.

At Huawei, innovation focuses on customer needs. It has more than 180,000 employees and operates in more than 170 countries and regions. Founded in 1987, Huawei is a private company fully owned by its employees. Telecommunications China

77 Baidu

Founded in 2000 CEO: Robin Li

Baidu was founded in 2000 by Internet pioneer Robin Li with the mission of providing people with the best way to find information and connect users with services.

Today the company runs the most popular search engine in China and also offers a variety of other services, including cloud computing, AI, and online advertising. It is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Baidu also powers many popular communitybased products, such as Baidu PostBar, the world’s first Chinese-language query-based searchable online community platform, Chinese-language interactive knowledgesharing platform Baidu Knows, and Baidu Encyclopedia. It also offers a number of helpful vertical search-based products, such as Maps, Image Search, Video Search and News Search.

Internet China

Booz Allen Hamilton

Founded in 1914

CEO: Horacio D. Rozanski

75 Micro Focus

Founded in 1976

CEO: Stephen Murdoch

Trusted to transform missions with the power of tomorrow’s technologies, Booz Allen Hamilton advances the nation’s most critical civil, defence, and national security priorities.

Booz Allen Hamilton leads, invests, and invents where it’s needed most – at the forefront of complex missions, using innovation to define the future. It combines in-depth expertise in AI and cybersecurity with leading-edge technology and engineering practices to deliver impactful solutions. Combining more than 100 years of strategic consulting expertise with the perspectives of diverse talent, Booz Allen Hamilton ensures results by integrating technology with an enduring focus on clients: all with the mission to Empower People to Change the World.

United States

Headquartered in Ontario, Canada, OpenText is a world leader in Information Management, helping companies securely capture, govern and exchange information on a global scale.

Founded as a project out of the University of Waterloo in Canada, today OpenText has the world’s most complete and integrated Information Management platform. This empowers customers to organise, integrate and protect data and content as it flows through business processes inside and outside their organisation.

This year, OpenText announced it had acquired Micro Focus, enabling it to bring new categories of AI and analytics, application development and delivery, application modernisation and digital operations management to support its customers’ growth.

IT Services

United Kingdom

74

Kearney

Founded in 1926

CEO: Alex Liu

A leading global management consulting firm with more than 5,300 people working in more than 40 countries, Kearney benefits from experiences and expertise from one of the most dynamic and complex sectors of the global economy. Since 1926, Kearney has been a trusted advisor to the world’s foremost organisations. Its technology clients are extremely diverse in size, core needs, and market position – ranging from Fortune 100 tech-hardware companies and software enterprises to highly tech-reliant producers such as automakers and medical-device firms. They include rising midsize tech ventures, high-upside start-ups, and private equity players.

Management Consulting

United States

73

DarkTrace

Founded in 2013

CEO: Poppy Gustafsson

Darktrace’s mission is to free the world from cyber disruption. Its AI technology is relied on by over 8,400 customers worldwide to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber-attacks, including ransomware, cloud, and SaaS attacks.

Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the company has 2,200 employees and over 30 offices worldwide. Its AI Research Centre, based in Cambridge, UK, has conducted research establishing new thresholds in cyber security, with technology innovations backed by over 145 patents and pending applications. The company’s European R&D centre is located in The Hague, Netherlands.

Darktrace was named one of TIME magazine’s ’Most Influential Companies’ for 2021.

Computer & Network Security

United Kingdom

72

Okta

Founded in 2009

CEO: Todd McKinnon

Okta is the leading independent identity provider. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organisations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time.

With more than 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta provides simple and secure access to people and organisations everywhere, giving them the confidence to reach their full potential.

Co-founded by CEO Todd McKinnon and COO Frederic Kerrest, Okta is headquartered in San Francisco, California. More than 10,000 organisations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Siemens, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.

Computer Software

United States

71 Capita

Founded in 1984

CEO: Jonathan Lewis

Capita is a leading provider of business process services driven by data, technology and people. A purpose-led, responsible organisation, every day its 50,000 colleagues help millions of people by delivering innovative, digitally enabled solutions to transform and simplify the connections between government and citizens, businesses and customers.

Capita partner with clients and provide the insight and technologies that give time back, allowing them to focus on what they do best and making people’s lives easier and simpler. The company operates across three divisions – Capita Public Service, Capita Experience and Capita Portfolio – in the UK, Europe, India and South Africa.

IT Services

70 Leidos

Founded in 1969

CEO: Thomas A. Bell

Leidos has a long history of innovative problemsolving and customer service, dating all the way back to 1969 when Dr J. Robert Beyster founded his “crazy little company.” Today, Leidos is a global 45,000-employee Fortune 500 enterprise committed to making the world safer, healthier, and more efficient.

Leidos is a science and technology solutions leader working to address some of the world’s toughest challenges in the defence, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and healthcare markets.

Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos has been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World’s Most Ethical Companies. IT

69 UiPath

Founded in 2005

CEO: Daniel Dines

Founded in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania, by CEO Daniel Dines, UiPath has a vision to deliver a fully automated enterprise where companies use automation to unlock the creativity and full potential of every worker.

UiPath offers an end-to-end platform for automation, combining the leading robotic process automation (RPA) solution with a full suite of capabilities that enable every organisation to digitally transform its business.

UiPath believes in using the transformative power of automation and AI to liberate the boundless potential of people and accelerate human achievement. Based in New York City, UiPath is a global company with development centres across the United States, Romania, India and Japan.

Ingram Micro

Founded in 1979

CEO: Alain Monié

Expleo

Founded in 1966

CEO: Rajesh Krishnamurthy

Expleo is a global engineering, technology and consulting service provider that partners with leading organisations to guide them through their business transformation, helping them achieve operational excellence and future-proof their businesses.

With more than 40 years of experience developing complex products, optimising manufacturing processes, and ensuring the quality of information systems, Expleo has wide-ranging expertise in fields including AI engineering, digitalisation, hyper-automation, cybersecurity and data science, the group’s mission is to fast-track innovation through each step of the value chain. Expleo boasts an extensive global footprint, delivering value in 30 countries and generating more than €1bn in revenue.

IT Services

Ingram Micro Inc. is the world’s largest global business-to-business wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services, delivering a full spectrum of global technology and supply chain services to businesses around the world.

Deep expertise in technology solutions, mobility, cloud, and supply chain solutions enables its business partners to operate efficiently and successfully in the markets they serve. The company benefits from unrivalled agility, deep market insights and the trust and dependability that come from decades of proven relationships. Ingram Micro operates in 61 countries, ships 1.5 billion units each year, and in 2022 made US$50.8bn in net sales.

IT Services

United States

66 CrowdStrike

Founded in 2011

CEO: George Kurtz

CrowdStrike, a global cybersecurity leader, has redefined modern security with one of the world’s most advanced cloud-native platforms for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk –endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data. Powered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud, the CrowdStrike Falcon platform leverages realtime indicators of attack, threat intelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft and enriched telemetry from across the enterprise.

Purpose-built in the cloud with a single lightweightagent architecture, the Falcon platform enables customers to benefit from rapid and scalable deployment, superior protection and performance, reduced complexity and immediate time-to-value.

Computer & Network Security

United States

65

Infineon

Founded in 1999

CEO: Jochen Hanebeck

Infineon Technologies develops, manufactures and markets a uniquely broad range of semiconductor products for the communications, automotive and memory markets.

With 16 manufacturing plants and 29 research and development locations in Europe, Asia, and the USA, Infineon is one of the world’s top ten semiconductor companies.

As a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT, Infineon enables game-changing solutions for green and efficient energy, clean and safe mobility, as well as smart and secure IoT. With its smart IoT devices and systems solutions, Infineon links the real and the digital world and plays a key role in unleashing the full potential of digitalisation.

Semiconductors

Germany

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64 Google DeepMind

Founded in 2010

CEO: Demis Hassabis

63 Bain & Co

Founded in 1973 CEO: Manny Maceda

Google DeepMind is a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state-of-theart in AI, using its technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery.

DeepMind’s long-term aim is to solve intelligence, developing more general and capable problemsolving systems, known as artificial general intelligence, which could help society find answers to some of the world’s most pressing and fundamental scientific challenges.

In April 2023 it was announced that DeepMind and the Brain team from Google Research would be joining forces as a single, focused unit called Google DeepMind, all with the intention of creating the next generation of AI breakthroughs.

Research

United Kingdom

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious changemakers define the future. Across 65 cities in 40 countries, Bain works alongside its clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. Its technology consultants serve eight of the ten largest tech conglomerates, three of the five leading software manufacturers, and many of the most influential players in the semiconductor industry.

Founded in 1973, Bain & Co has earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting it in the top 1% of all companies.

Business Consulting and Services

United States

62 Intuit

Founded in 1983

CEO: Sasan K. Goodarzi

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Sopra Steria

Founded in 1968

CEO: Cyril Malargé

Intuit is a global technology platform that helps its customers and communities overcome their most important financial challenges. Serving millions of customers worldwide with TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma and Mailchimp, Intuit believes that everyone should have the opportunity to prosper and works tirelessly to find new, innovative ways to deliver on this belief. Its platform help put more money in consumers’ and small businesses’ pockets, saving them time by eliminating work and ensuring they have confidence in every financial decision they make.

With 17,300 employees worldwide and 20 offices in nine countries, Intuit had revenue of $12.7bn in the 2022 financial year.

Computer Software

United States

Sopra Steria, a European tech leader recognised for its consulting, digital services and software development, helps its clients drive their digital transformation to obtain tangible and sustainable benefits. It provides end-to-end solutions to make large companies and organisations more competitive by combining in-depth knowledge of a wide range of business sectors and innovative technologies with a fully collaborative approach.

Sopra Steria places people at the heart of everything it does and is committed to making the most of digital technology to build a positive future for its clients. With 50,000 employees in nearly 30 countries, the Group generated revenue of €5.1bn (US$5.7bn) in 2022.

60 ST Microelectronics

Founded in 1987

CEO: Jean-Marc Chery

A global semiconductor company serving customers with innovations that make a positive impact on people’s lives, ST creates technologies for a smarter, greener, and more sustainable future. With the belief that technology plays a key role in helping to solve environmental and social challenges, ST’s semiconductor technologies start with its employees, customers and partners to design and build products, solutions, and ecosystems that enable a more sustainable future. Its innovation is driven by more than 9,000 Research & Development employees and ST’s extensive work with leading research labs and corporate partners throughout the world.

Semiconductors

Switzerland

59 NetApp

Founded in 1992

CEO: George Kurian

The NetApp portfolio of leading data, application, and storage solutions helps organisations manage applications and data everywhere across hybrid multi-cloud environments. NetApp’s 30 years of innovation have made it the proven leader in all-flash storage.

The company provides systems, software and cloud services that enable them to run their applications optimally from the data centre to the cloud, whether they are developing in the cloud, moving to the cloud, or creating their own cloudlike experiences on-premises. With solutions that perform across diverse environments, NetApp helps organisations build their own data fabric and securely deliver the right data, services, and applications to the right people – anytime, anywhere.

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Dassault Systemes

Founded in 1981

CEO: Bernard Charlès

Dassault Systèmes is a European company with a global presence and market reach. The solutions of Dassault Systèmes transform the way products are designed, simulated, produced, marketed and supported, leveraging the virtual world to improve the real world.

Through its 3DEXPERIENCE platform provides software solutions that allow customers to create innovative new products and services using virtual experiences. Its aim ultimately is to build a new development model to address the major challenges facing the world today. It has 290,000 customers and 25 million users across 11 industries worldwide, ranging from major accounts to startups and governments to individual users.

Computer Software

France

57 TEKsystems

Founded in 1994 CEO: Jay Alvather

TEKsystems accelerates business transformation by solving complex technology, business and talent challenges—across the globe. A company in the Allegis Group, TEKSystems partners with 80% of the Fortune 500 to create solutions that enable them to capitalise on change.

A leader in cloud analytics, data warehouse and management, data governance and quality, big data, AI and advanced analytics, business intelligence, the Internet of Things and more, TEKSytems helps clients charge into the bright future of extreme innovation.

Its relationships with the world’s leading technology companies enable clients to reap the benefits of best-in-class implementation, integration and support.

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Fortinet

Founded in 2000

CEO: Ken Xie

Founded more than 20 years ago in Sunnyvale, California, Fortinet continues to be a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Securing people, devices, and data everywhere is our mission. To that end, Fortinet’s portfolio of over 50 enterprise-grade products is the largest integrated offering available, delivering proven cybersecurity everywhere it is needed to some of the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organisations. More than 660,000 customers trust Fortinet solutions, which are among the most deployed, most patented, and most validated in the cybersecurity industry.

Computer & Network Security

United States

55 Indra

Founded in 1992

CEO: Indra Sistemas

Indra is one of the leading global technology and consulting companies and the technological partner for core business operations of its customers worldwide.

Indra is a world leader in providing proprietary solutions in specific segments in Transport and Defence markets and a leading firm in Digital Transformation and Information Technologies in Spain and Latin America through its affiliate Minsait. Its business model is based on a comprehensive range of proprietary products, with a high-value, end-to-end focus and a high innovation component.

In the 2022 financial year, Indra achieved revenue totalling €3.8bn (US$4.3bn), almost 57,000 employees, a local presence in 46 countries and business operations in over 140 countries.

IT Services Spain

53

Fujitsu

Founded in 1935

CEO: Takahito Tokita

54

Infor

Founded in 2002

CEO: Kevin Samuelson

As a global leader in business cloud software specialised by industry, Infor develops complete solutions for its focus industries, including industrial manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, food and beverage, automotive, aerospace and defence, hospitality, and high tech.

Founded as an ERP software company in 2002, Infor’s mission-critical enterprise applications and services are designed to deliver sustainable operational advantages with security and faster time to value. Over 60,000 organisations in more than 175 countries rely on Infor’s 17,500 employees to help them achieve their business goals.

Computer Software

United States

Fujitsu is the leading Japanese global information and communication technology company, offering a wide range of technology products, solutions and services. It builds new possibilities by connecting people, technology and ideas, creating a more sustainable world where anyone can advance their dreams.

Fujitsu offers a broad range of products, services and solutions, and has approximately 130,000 employees supporting customers in over 100 countries.

Established in 1935, the company has been named one of FORTUNEs ’World’s Most Admired Companies’ and recognised as one of World’s leading Socially Responsible Companies by Dow Jones.

52 SAS

Founded in 1976

CEO: James Goodnight

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Palo Alto Networks

Founded in 2005 CEO: Nikesh Arora

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions, SAS helps customers at more than 70,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know. Its open, cloud-native AI, analytics, and data management platform enables users to discover insights from their data. Formed more than 40 years ago, today, SAS has thousands of employees and customers in locations worldwide, analysing billions of rows of data every second that are changing how the world lives.

Computer Software

United States

Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that is transforming the way people and organisations operate. Its mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

The company helps address the world’s greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. By delivering an integrated platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of partners, Palo Alto Networks is at the forefront of protecting tens of thousands of organisations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices.

Computer & Network Security

United States

50 KPMG

Founded in 1987

CEO: William B. Thomas

49 Autodesk

Founded in 1982

CEO: Andrew Anagnost

One of the big four accounting firms, KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing auditing, tax and advisory services which has 227,000 outstanding professionals working together to deliver value in 146 countries and territories.

With a worldwide presence, KPMG continues to build on its successes thanks to clear vision, defined values and, above all, its people. Its industry focus helps KPMG firms’ professionals develop a rich understanding of clients’ businesses and the insight, skills and resources required to address industry-specific issues and opportunities, and helps technology sector business leaders make the most of innovation.

Accounting Canada

Autodesk is changing how the world is designed and made. Its technology spans architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, media, and entertainment, empowering innovators everywhere to solve challenges big and small. From greener buildings to smarter products to more mesmerising blockbusters, Autodesk software helps customers to design and make a better world for all. Over 100 million people use Autodesk software like AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, 3ds Max, Fusion 360, SketchBook, to solve important design, business and environmental challenges. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Autodesk has more than 10,000 employees worldwide.

Software Development

United States

48

Atlassian

Founded in 2002

CEO: Mike Cannon-Brookes & Scott Farquhar

Atlassian Corporation is an Australian software company founded in 2002 that develops products for software developers, project managers, and wider software development teams. Its global headquarters are in Sydney, Australia, with US headquarters in San Francisco.

Building tools like Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Trello to help teams across the world become more nimble, creative, and aligned, more than 7,000 Atlassians support an international group of over 250,000 customers. Atlassian’s Cloud Enterprise SaaS solution is specifically designed to meet the needs of today’s enterprises.

Computer Software

Australia

47 Xiaomi

Founded in 2010

CEO: Lei Jun

Founded in April 2010, Xiaomi is a consumer electronics and smart manufacturing company with smartphones and smart hardware connected by an IoT platform at its core. Xiaomi continuously pursues innovations, high-quality user experience and operational efficiency, building products that enable everyone in the world to enjoy a better life through the innovative technology.

One of the world’s leading smartphone companies, Xiaomi has established the world’s leading consumer AI+IoT platform, which reached 558 million connected devices as of September 30, 2022. Xiaomi products are present in more than 100 countries and regions around the world. In August 2022, Xiaomi was included in the Fortune Global 500 list for the fourth year in a row.

46 EY

Founded in 1989

CEO: Carmine Di Sibio

Enabled by data and technology, EY teams in more than 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. The company provides insights and services and how it can help organisations improve performance and drive further innovation.

EY’s capabilities, including up-to-date knowledge in quantum computing, allows companies to achieve their ambitions whilst minimising risk. The company has recently joined the IBM Quantum Network so that the companies can explore solutions that could help resolve complex business challenges.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for complex issues facing our world today.

Professional Services

United Kingdom

Amdocs

Founded in 1982

CEO: Shuky Sheffer

Amdocs is a leading software and services provider to the world’s most successful communications and media companies. Founded in 1982, Amdocs’ company’s solutions, services, and technology help its customers to create seamless digital experiences across the globe.

With its market-leading portfolio of software products and services aims to empower customers to provide them with next-generation communication and media experiences for both the individual end user and enterprise customers.

Its 29,000 global employees help to accelerate service providers’ migration to the cloud, enabling them to differentiate in the 5G era, and digitalise and automate their operations.

Computer Software

Israel

44 Tencent

Founded in 1998

CEO: Ma Huateng

Tencent uses technology to enrich the lives of Internet users. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks.

Tencent’s high-performance advertising platform helps brands and marketers reach out to hundreds of millions of consumers in China. Its financial technology and business services support its partners’ business growth and assist their digital upgrade. Tencent invests heavily in talent and technological innovation, actively participating in the development of the Internet industry. The company was founded in Shenzhen, China, in 1998, and has been listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong since June 2004.

43 AMD

Founded in 1969 CEO: Lisa Su

For more than 50 years, AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics, and visualisation technologies. AMD employees are focused on building highperformance and adaptive products that push the boundaries of what is possible.

Founded in 1969, as a Silicon Valley start-up, the AMD journey began with dozens of employees who were passionate about creating leadingedge semiconductor products. AMD has grown into a global company setting the standard for modern computing, with many industry firsts and major technological achievements.

Billions of people, leading Fortune 500 businesses, and cutting-edge scientific research institutions around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve how they live, work, and play.

Semiconductors

United States

Cayman Islands

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Hitachi

Founded in 1910

CEO: Keiji Kojima

Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has responded to the expectations of society and its customers through technology and innovation. Its mission is to “Contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.” Over the past century, this commitment has led Hitachi to work towards creating a more sustainable society through its “Social Innovation Business”.

The company applies its expertise in IT, OT, and a wide variety of products to advance social infrastructure systems and improve quality of life across the world. Globally, the company has nearly 300,000 employees who are working to improve people’s quality of life and create a sustainable future.

Computers & Electronics

Japan

41 CGI

Founded in 1976

CEO: George Schindler

Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world and provides comprehensive, scalable and sustainable IT and business consulting services across 21 industries in 400 locations worldwide.

With 91,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organisations and accelerate results.

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40 Thales

Founded in 2000

CEO: Patrice

Caine

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 77,000 employees across five continents. Today, the group is investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – Big Data, AI, connectivity, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future based on trust. Trust is essential for societies to flourish, with humans playing a central role in every critical decision.

Thales’s high-tech solutions, services and products help companies, organisations and governments to achieve their goals and ambitions. And in each of its five vertical markets – digital identity and security, defence and security, aerospace, space, and transport –Thales’ customers play a vital role in society.

39 Red Hat

Founded in 1993 CEO: Matt Hicks

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open-source solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, edge, and Kubernetes technologies.

Red Hat delivers hardened, open-source solutions that make it easier for enterprises to work across platforms and environments, from the core datacenter to the network edge.

Founded in 1993, in 2012, Red Hat became the first open source technology company to surpass more than US$1bn in revenue In 2019 Red Hat was acquired by IBM in a deal worth around US$34bn, the largest software acquisition in history. Today, more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies trust Red Hat. Computer Software

United States

38 NVIDIA

Founded in 1993

CEO: Jensen Huang

Since its founding in 1993, Nvidia has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the metaverse. Nvidia is now a full-stack computing company with data-centrescale offerings that are reshaping the industry.

Nvidia is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and has more than 18,000 employees worldwide. Some of its most popular products include the GeForce series for gaming, the Quadro series for professional visualisation, the Tesla series for high-performance computing, and the Tegra series for mobile devices.

Computer Hardware

United States

37 Gartner

Founded in 1979

CEO: Eugene A. Hall

Gartner’s expert guidance and tools enable faster, smarter decisions and stronger performance on an organisation’s mission-critical priorities. Based in Stamford, Connecticut, Gartner conducts research on technology and shares research through private consulting.

The company conducts research and surveys into the advancement of technology. This includes its projection that IT will total US$4.6tn in 2023, an increase of 5.5% from 2022. Gartner’s IT spending forecast methodology relies on rigorous analysis of sales by over a thousand vendors across IT products and services. Gartner is a US$4.7bn company and a member of the S&P 500.

Information Services

United States

IQVIA

Founded in 1982

CEO: Ari Bousbib

IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. IQVIA creates intelligent connections across all aspects of healthcare through its analytics, transformative technology, big data resources and extensive domain expertise.

With approximately 86,000 employees, IQVIA conducts operations in more than 100 countries. IQVIA’s insights and execution capabilities help biotech, medical device and pharmaceutical companies, medical researchers, government agencies, payers, and other healthcare stakeholders tap into a deeper understanding of diseases, human behaviours and scientific advances in an effort to advance their path toward cures.

IT Services

United States

Atos

Founded in 1997

CEO: Nourdine Bihmane

Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with 111,000 employees and annual revenue of around €11bn (US$12bn). The European leader in cybersecurity, cloud and high-performance computing, the Atos Group provides tailored endto-end solutions for all industries in 69 countries.

The purpose of Atos is to help design the future of the information space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and contribute to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, Atos enables its customers and employees and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably in a safe and secure information space. IT Services

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DXC Technology

Founded in 2017

CEO: Mike Salvino

DXC Technology helps global companies run their mission-critical systems and operations while modernising IT, optimising data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private and hybrid clouds.

The world’s largest companies and public sector organisations trust DXC to deploy services to drive new levels of performance, competitiveness, and customer experience across their IT estates.

A Fortune 500 global IT services leader, DXC Technology’s more than 130,000 people in 70-plus countries use the power of technology to deliver mission-critical IT services that drive business impact. DXC was recognised by Gartner as a Leader in the 2023 Magic Quadrant for Outsourced Digital Workplace Services.

IT Services

United States

33 VMware

Founded in 1998

CEO: Rangarajan Raghuram

VMware is a leading provider of multicloud services for all apps, enabling digital innovation with enterprise control.

Since its founding in 1998, VMware’s employees and partners have been behind the tech innovations transforming entire industries. Today, the company works to harness the next wave of innovation and solve our customers’ toughest challenges through disruptive technologies like edge computing, AI, blockchain, machine learning, Kubernetes, and more. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware has more than 24,000 employees and an ecosystem of 75,000 partners. Last year, semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom Inc announced an agreement to acquire VMware in a transaction valued at US$61bn.

Software Development

United States

32 SAP

Founded in 1972

CEO: Christian Klein

SAP’s strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent, sustainable enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, it helps companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best, with SAP customers generating 87% of total global commerce.

SAP’s machine learning, IoT, and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers’ businesses into intelligent enterprises. Its end-to-end suite of applications and services enables business and public customers across 25 industries globally to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, SAP helps the world run better and improve people’s lives.

Software Development Germany

31 Intel

Founded in 1968

CEO: Patrick P. Gelsinger

Intel’s mission is to shape the future of technology to help create a better future for the entire world. By pushing forward in fields like AI, analytics and cloud-to-edge technology, Intel’s work is at the heart of countless innovations.

Founded in 1968, Intel’s technology has been at the heart of computing breakthroughs. An industry leader, it creates world-changing technology that enables global progress and enriches lives, from breakthroughs like selfdriving cars and rebuilding coral reefs to things that make everyday life better, like blockbuster effects and improved shopping experiences.

Today the company is on a journey to transform from a PC-centric company to a technology leader focused on unleashing the power of data.

Semiconductor Manufacturing

United States

29 Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Founded in 2015

CEO: Antonio Neri

Samsung

Founded in 1938

CEO: Han, Jong Hee & Kyung, Kye Hyun

Samsung is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, Samsung is transforming the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, digital appliances, network systems, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. Samsung is also leading in the Internet of Things space through, among others, its Smart Home and Digital Health initiatives. The business also strives to become the leader in the system semiconductor industry while simultaneously driving growth in areas such as AI and 5G.

Since being established in 1969, Samsung has grown into one of the world’s leading technology companies, and become recognised as one of the top 10 brands globally.

Computers & Electronics Manufacturing

South Korea

American multinational enterprise IT firm Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) was founded in 2015 out of Hewlett-Packard.

Focusing on business, the organisation works in areas such as servers, storage, networking, consulting and financial services and provides advanced analytics solutions that turn big data into vital insights.

HPE delivers unique, open and intelligent technology solutions as a service – spanning Cloud Services, Compute, High-Performance Computing & AI, Intelligent Edge, Software, and Storage – with a consistent experience across all clouds and edges, helping customers develop new business models, engage in new ways, and increase operational performance.

IT Services

United States

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Boston Consulting Group

Founded in 1963

CEO: Christoph Schweizer

27 Adobe

Founded in 1982 CEO: Shantanu Narayen

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities.

BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, it works closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders – empowering organisations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.

BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. It works in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm, fuelled by the goal of helping clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.

Management Consulting

United States

Adobe is the global leader in digital media and digital marketing solutions. Its creative, marketing and document solutions empower everyone –from emerging artists to global brands – to bring digital creations to life and deliver immersive, compelling experiences to the right person at the right moment for the best results.

Some of its most popular products, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Acrobat, Lightroom, and InDesign. It also offers various software platforms such as Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Spark. Incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in San Jose, California, Adobe has more than 26,000 employees worldwide.

Computer Software

United States

Tech Mahindra

Founded in 1986

CEO: CP Gurnani

Tech Mahindra represents the connected world, offering innovative and customer-centric information technology experiences. A US$6.5bn company with 152,000+ professionals across 90 countries, it is focused on leveraging nextgeneration technologies, including 5G, blockchain, metaverse, quantum computing, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and more, to enable end-toend digital transformation for global customers.

Tech Mahindra is the fastest growing brand in ’brand strength’ and rated amongst the top seven IT services brands globally, a Gold Winner at ITSMA Marketing Excellence Awards ’22, included in Bloomberg 2023 Gender-Equality Index for the fourth year in a row, and has been recognised as the ’Most Preferred Workplace’. IT

SalesForce

Founded in 1999

CEO: Marc Benioff

Salesforce is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, providing a suite of applications and cloud services for organisations. Its services include specialist analytics, application development, and marketing automation tools. A leading SaaS provider with its flagship CRM platform, available exclusively online, it also offers SaaS platforms for marketing, service, and the Internet of Things. Currently, Salesforce has more than 150,000 business users, a share that renders it the most widely-used global CRM system. Founded in 1999, Salesforce enables companies of every size and industry to digitally transform around their customers by harnessing the power of automation, AI, and real-time data.

Software Development

United States

24 UST

Founded in 1999

CEO: Krishna Sudheendra

UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into its clients’ organisations.

Founded in 1999 and with over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST is at the forefront of digital technology and engagement. It works with modern media, technology and communications enterprises that touch billions of lives through their products, services and productions. IT Services United States

Dell Technologies

Founded in 1984

CEO: Michael Dell

Dell Technologies helps organisations and individuals build their digital future and transform how they work, live and play. The company provides customers with the industry’s broadest and most innovative technology and services portfolio for the data era.

Formed in 2016 when Dell merged with the computer storage giant EMC, Dell Technologies is today one of the world’s largest IT companies with a revenue of more than US$102bn. The company is celebrated for serving both small and large businesses and consumers alike whilst continuing its commitment to ethics. Dell Technologies focuses on the sale of personal computers, network servers, data storage solutions, and software.

Technology

United States

PwC

Founded in 1998

CEO: Robert E. Moritz

PwC is a network of firms in 152 countries with over 327,000 people who are committed to delivering quality assurance, advisory, and tax services.

PwC’s technology services involve providing specialist advice, leadership, and insight. Some of the technologies that the company works with include augmented and virtual reality, AI and robotics, Internet of Things, and 3D printing.

In 2022, the company was recognised as a leader for these services and providing use case-based industry cloud solutions in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Industry Cloud Professional Services 2022. It provides services to 84% of Global Fortune 500 companies and has offices in 152 countries with 328,000 people.

Accounting

United Kingdom

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McKinsey & Company

Founded in 1926 CEO: Bob Sternfels

Global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company is the trusted advisor to the world’s leading businesses, governments, and institutions, working within the technology sector to deliver end-to-end tech-enabled transformations and to innovate more sustainably. Its focus lies in IT infrastructure, architecture, data, operations, and overall technology strategy. With deep functional and industry expertise, McKinsey helps organisations adopt an agile approach to software delivery, install a next-gen infrastructure, achieve engineering excellence and develop an ecosystem of technology partnerships. It was founded in 1926 in New York and has 38,000 employees worldwide.

Business Consulting and Services

United States

HP

Founded in 1939

CEO: Enrique Lores

HP is a technology company born of the belief that companies should do more than just make a profit. With over 80 years of actions that prove our intentions, the company has the confidence to envision a world where innovation drives extraordinary contributions to humanity. Its technology – a product and service portfolio of personal systems, printers, and 3D printing solutions – was created to inspire this meaningful progress.

HP has set a goal to become carbon neutral by 2040 and to use 100% renewable energy to power its global operations by 2025. The company is also investing in sustainability research and development to create new technologies that can help it reach its target of zero waste across all operations by 2025.

IT Services and IT Consulting

Founded in 1967

CEO: Aiman Ezzat

French multinational Capgemini is a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business using the power of technology. Headquartered in Paris, France, it helps its clients embrace key technologies like cloud, data and artificial intelligence, as well as improving their cybersecurity and environmental impact.

In particular, its service Perform AI enables its clients to take advantage of the transformative power of data and artificial intelligence, thereby adapting to the changing digital landscape.

A diverse collective of more than 325,000 strategic and technological experts across more than 50 countries, Capgemini is driven to unleash human energy through technology.

IT Services and IT Consulting

France

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Snowflake

Founded in 2012

CEO: Frank Slootman

Workday

Founded in 2005

CEO: Carl M. Eschenbach

Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance, HR, and planning, helping customers adapt and thrive in a changing world. Founded in 2005 by PeopleSoft veterans Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri, Workday delivers financial management, human capital management, and analytics applications designed for the world’s largest companies, educational institutions, and government agencies.

Workday combines a lower cost of ownership with an innovative approach to enterprise applications. Today, Workday is used by more than 10,000 organisations around the world and across a wide range of industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 50% of the Fortune 500.

Computer Software

United States

Snowflake delivers the Data Cloud – a global network where thousands of organisations mobilise data with near-unlimited scale, concurrency, and performance. Inside the Data Cloud, organisations unite their siloed data, easily discover and securely share governed data, and execute diverse analytic workloads. Wherever data or users live, Snowflake delivers a single and seamless experience across multiple public clouds.

Leveraging the best of big data and cloud technology, Snowflake’s platform is the engine that powers and provides access to the Data Cloud, creating a solution for data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, data science, data application development, and data sharing.

Computer Software

United States

16

ServiceNow

Founded in 2004

CEO: Bill McDermott http://www.servicenow.com

ServiceNow makes the world work better for everyone. Its cloud-based platform and solutions help digitise and unify organisations so that they can find smarter, faster, better ways to make work flow.

Based in Santa Clara, California, its cloud platform helps companies manage digital workflows for enterprise operations. ServiceNow provides a suite of applications to help organisations manage their IT operations and enables organisations to automate their IT processes, streamline their operations, and improve their customer service. To date, 85% of the Fortune 500 have modernised their technology with ServiceNow.

Computer Software

United States

15 Cisco

Founded in 1984 CEO: Chuck Robbins cisco.com

Since Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies.

Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company’s core development areas, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, security and wireless technology.

In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.

Software Development

United States

Cognizant

Founded in 1994

CEO: Ravi Kumar S

Cognizant helps companies modernise their technology, reimagine processes, and transform experiences so they continue to succeed in a fast-changing tech world.

Founded in 1994, as a technology development arm of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, Cognizant was spun off as an independent company in 1996 and has worked closely with large organisations ever since.

Today, Cognizant engineers modern businesses to improve everyday life, helping some of the world’s most established companies remain the most loved brands. Cognizant works with clients to advance every aspect of how they serve their customers: digitising their products, services and customer experiences, automating business processes and modernising technology infrastructures.

IT Services

United States

Wipro

Founded in 1945

CEO: Thierry Delaporte

Wipro Limited is a global leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address its clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging its holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, Wipro helps clients realise their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. Founded in 1945 as a family-run vegetable oil manufacturer, today Wipro has over 250,000 employees and business partners across 66 countries and delivers on the promise of helping its customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world.

IT Services India

Infosys

Founded in 1981

CEO: Salil Parekh

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, enabling clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over three decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, Infosys expertly steers its clients through their digital journey by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritise the execution of change.

Infosys also empowers the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Its always-on learning agenda drives continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from Infosys’ innovation ecosystem.

IT Services India

Founded in 1977

CEO: Safra Catz

A cloud technology company that provides organisations around the world with computing infrastructure and software to help them innovate and become more effective, Oracle also created the world’s first – and only – autonomous database to help organise and secure its customers’ data. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers higher performance, security, and cost savings. It is designed so businesses can move workloads easily from on-premises systems to the cloud and between cloud and on-premises and other clouds.

From nonprofits to companies of all sizes, millions of people use our tools to streamline supply chains, make HR more human, quickly pivot to a new financial plan, and connect data and people around the world.

IT Services and IT Consulting United States

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OpenAI

Founded in 2015

CEO: Sam Altman

Founded by Elon Musk, Sam Altman and other investors in 2015, OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

In June 2020, OpenAI announced GPT-3, a language model trained on trillions of words from the Internet. The company also announced that an associated API, named simply “the API”, would form the heart of its first commercial product.

The company’s release of ChatGPT last year has rapidly accelerated interest in generative AI, with the tool capable of interacting conversationally, answering follow-up questions, admitting its mistakes, challenging incorrect premises, and rejecting inappropriate requests.

Following previous investments in 2019 and 2021, in January Microsoft announced a

multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI, intended to accelerate AI breakthroughs.

In March, OpenAI announced the launch of GPT-4, the latest iteration in its deep learning model, which it says ’exhibits human-level performance’ on various professional and academic benchmarks from the US bar exam to SAT school exams.

OpenAI’s investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. The company believes AI has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges.

In addition to GPT-powered chatbots, the company is responsible for the DALLE model: an AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language.

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Meta

Founded in 2004

CEO: Mark Zuckerberg

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Today, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.

Still led by co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who serves as Meta’s CEO, the company’s platforms have transformed the way people connect, share information, and engage with digital content.

Its most well-known and largest subsidiary is Facebook LLC, which provides online products and services such as the Facebook social network, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus VR, Portal smart devices, and Novi digital wallet. Other subsidiaries

include Spark AR (augmented reality), Giphy (GIFs), Mapillary (street-level imagery), Kustomer (customer service), and CTRL-labs (neural interface).

Meta’s leaders are guiding the company as the metaverse evolves, helping to create the next evolution of digital connection. The company has invested US$150m in AR/VR training and resources to help students, creators and developers learn new skills, access technologies, and unlock opportunities in the metaverse. It also announced the launch of its Meta Quest Pro headset – designed with productivity in mind and set to be a major upgrade for those who use VR as a tool for work.

The company has also embarked upon a journey into the world of open generative AI, in July announcing with Microsoft the availability of Llama 2, the latest generation of its open source large language model.

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Accenture

Founded in 1989

CEO: Julie Sweet

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. With experience across more than 40 industries, Accenture offers Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations Services, and Accenture Song services: all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. A talent and innovation-led company, Accenture today has 732,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries.

The company’s deep industry expertise helps clients address their most complex and critical technology challenges, whether it’s through faster cloud migration, getting the most value out of the top technology platforms or making the most of data through applied intelligence.

Accenture helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organisations build their digital core, optimise their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services, creating tangible value at speed and scale. Technology is at the core of change today, and Accenture is one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships.

The company combines its strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. These capabilities, together with Accenture’s culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable the company to help its clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. Accenture serves more than 9,000 clients – including 89 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500 –spanning the full range of industries around the world.

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Deloitte

Founded in 1845

CEO: Joe Ucuzoglu

Deloitte’s expertise focuses on helping technology companies globally deal with the demands of adapting their business strategies to succeed in a changing market.

Deloitte technology professionals around the world help clients resolve their most critical information and technology challenges. For instance, its Unlimited Reality offering is designed to help clients understand and capitalise on the next massive wave disrupting business and society, and to equip executives with the strategies, tools and technologies they need to fully exploit virtual worlds and virtual economies.

The firm, which was founded in London in 1845, serves a number of industries including energy, life

sciences and technology. From data management and cyber risk to increased workforce mobility and virtual collaboration, the demands on technology are high to make day-to-day operations possible and ensure business continuity. At the same time, technology is increasingly a key driver for growth and at the heart of transformation efforts to adapt to both internal and external changes. Deloitte’s professionals help clients identify and solve their most critical information and technology challenges, including strategy, procurement, design, delivery and assurance of technology solutions. To find solutions to the most challenging issues facing its clients, Deloitte works collaboratively and dynamically by bringing together multidisciplinary teams of people with diverse perspectives, skills, and expertise.

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Tata Consultancy Services

Founded in 1968

CEO: K. Krithivasan

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation which has partnered with a number of the world’s largest businesses in their growth and transformation journeys for over 50 years.

Its consulting-led, cognitive-powered portfolio of business, technology and engineering services and solutions is delivered through its unique Location Independent Agile delivery model, recognised as a benchmark of excellence in software development.

A part of the Tata group, India’s largest multinational business group, TCS has the benefit of over 614,000 of the world’s best-trained consultants in 55 countries and across five continents. The company generated consolidated revenues of US$27.9bn in the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2023, and is listed on the BSE and the NSE in India.

TCS goes beyond helping businesses transform through technology: helping them make a meaningful difference to their customers, and to the communities they serve. In technology, it offers a wide range of services across cloud, consulting, cybersecurity, data & analytics and sustainability.

TCS’ proactive stance on climate change and awardwinning work with communities across the world have earned it a place in leading sustainability indices such as the MSCI Global Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Emerging Index.

TCS has also been ranked the number one IT service provider for customer satisfaction by Whitelane Research: the 10th consecutive year that TCS has received the top ranking in this survey. The company has also been named in the Forbes list of America’s Best Large Employers.

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IBM Consulting

Founded in 1991

CEO: Arvind Krishna

Multinational technology company IBM was founded in 1911, making it one of the oldest and most influential players in the industry. Headquartered in Armonk, New York, and led by CEO Arvind Krishna, IBM – known as Big Blue – has a rich history of innovation and technological advancements.

With a focus on enterprise solutions, cloud computing, AI and consulting, IBM has consistently pushed the boundaries of technology, helping businesses worldwide achieve their digital transformation goals and pioneering groundbreaking research in various fields. IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. It helps clients in more than 175 countries capitalise on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain a competitive edge in their industries. More

than 4,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently, and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible options to its clients. The company’s consulting arm, IBM Consulting, announced this year that it has established a Center of Excellence for Generative AI with over 1,000 consultants with specialised generative AI expertise to help transform global clients’ core business processes like supply chain, finance and talent, as well as customer experiences and IT operations, while the company has set out an extensive roadmap to a quantum computing future.

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4 Apple

Founded in 1976

CEO: Tim Cook

Founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has become synonymous with innovation from Macintosh computers to the iPhone, iPad, and its latest Vision Pro extended reality headset.

Apple’s first product, known as the Apple I, consisted of an assembled circuit board without many of a computer’s present-day features, such as a display, keyboard, or mouse. The company made its stock market debut in 1980 with a market valuation of $1.8bn. Since then Apple has grown dramatically in value: Apple became the first publicly traded U.S. company to be valued at over US$1tn in August 2018, then US$2tn in August 2020, and US$3tn in January 2022.

Under the leadership of CEO Tim Cook, Apple continues to shape the future of technology with

its relentless pursuit of excellence and industryleading advancements. With its headquarters in Cupertino, California, Apple has more than 140,000 employees worldwide. Some of its most popular products include the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirPods, Apple TV, and HomePod. It also operates various online platforms such as the App Store, iTunes Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay and iCloud.

Earlier this year the company announced its muchanticipated Vision Pro headset, which the company says blends digital content with the physical world.

“Today marks the beginning of a new era for computing,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Just as the Mac introduced us to personal computing, and iPhone introduced us to mobile computing, Apple Vision Pro introduced us to spatial computing.”

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Microsoft

Founded in 2010

CEO: Satya Nadella

Headquartered in Redmond, Washington and led by CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

Today, Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organisation to achieve more. The company believes technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future today.

Some of the company’s most popular products include the Windows operating system, Office suite, Edge browser, Xbox gaming console, Surface devices, and Azure cloud platform. It also operates various online platforms such as Bing search engine, LinkedIn social network, Skype communication service, and Microsoft Store.

Originally announced in 2008, Microsoft’s Azure platform was officially released in 2010 and offers a range of cloud services, such as compute analytics, storage and networking. The Azure platform, formed of more than

200 products and cloud services, helps businesses manage challenges and meet their organisational targets. It provides tools that support all industries, as well as compatible with open-source technologies.

Azure offers four different types of cloud computing: infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), software as a service (PaaS) and serverless. Microsoft charges Azure on a pay-as-you-go basis, which means subscribers receive a bill each month that only charges them for the specific resources they used.

According to Microsoft, 95% of Fortune 500 companies rely on Azure for trusted cloud services, with companies of all sizes and maturities using Azure in their digital transformation.

The company has also invested heavily in AI – most famously announcing a multi-billion dollar investment into ChatGPT creator OpenAI at the beginning of 2023. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of more than 220,000 passionate employees worldwide.

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Google Cloud

Founded in 2008

CEO: Sundar Pichai

Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Google has evolved into a global technology powerhouse with a mission to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

Beyond search, Google offers a vast array of products and services, including AI, online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, and consumer electronics.

Google Cloud Platform, offered by Google, is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products, such as Google Search, Gmail, Google Drive, and YouTube. Alongside a set of management tools, it provides a series of modular cloud services, including computing, data storage, data analytics and machine learning.

From a network that spans the globe to innovative solutions that transform organisations, Google Cloud has SaaS built into its DNA. Its platform enables users to build, modernise, and scale their business with differentiated technology that extends beyond infrastructure. Google Kubernetes Engine lets users easily deploy products across a global network so anyone anywhere can access them, while the platform’s developer tools and SaaS services speed up dev and deployment cycles.

In March, Google Cloud announced a range of new products that infuse generative AI into its offerings, empowering developers to responsibly build with enterprise-level safety, security, and privacy.

Google Cloud has also launched a series of generative AI consulting services to help its customers accelerate their journeys. The addition of generative AI services to Google Cloud’s consulting business will help “C-suite leaders of top global companies reap the full, transformative benefits of generative AI while maintaining responsible development and deployment”, the company said.

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Amazon Web Services

Founded in 2006

CEO: Adam Selipsky

Amazon is a pioneering force in the e-commerce and cloud computing industries. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994, the company has continuously pushed the boundaries of innovation. Amazon’s advanced logistics and supply chain technologies have revolutionised online shopping, enabling seamless delivery and customer satisfaction. The company’s robust e-commerce platform caters to millions of customers globally, offering a vast range of products and services.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing division, has transformed the tech landscape. AWS provides scalable and secure cloud infrastructure, empowering businesses with computing power, storage, and advanced analytics. With a market share of more than Microsoft Azure and GCP combined, Amazon Web Services has expanded to be the most comprehensive and widely-used cloud computing platform. AWS has significantly more

services and more features within those services than any other cloud provider – from infrastructure technologies like compute, storage, and databases – to emerging technologies, such as machine learning and AI, data lakes and analytics, and the Internet of Things. AWS provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered, pay-as-you-go basis. The AWS Cloud spans 99 Availability Zones within 31 geographic regions around the world, with announced plans for 12 more Availability Zones and four more AWS Regions in Canada, Israel, New Zealand, and Thailand.

Officially launched in 2002, AWS today offers more than 175 fully featured services from data centres worldwide. The organisation serves hundreds of thousands of customers across 190 different countries globally. Today, millions of customers, including the fastestgrowing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies, are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.

Why today’s redefined CFO’s are at the helm of business transformation

Chris Ewen VP Finance UKI, Sage

The role of the chief financial officer has changed in the past decade like never before. Shifting from studying past performance through historical financial data, to being real-time analysts, and then visionaries with predictive tools at their fingertips. We’ve considered the ‘then’, the ‘now’, and the future. So, what should CFOs concentrate on next?

The modern CFO adds ‘technology mastery’ to their toolkit, broadening their awareness of the trends, challenges, and opportunities that lie behind the figures they have always relied on.

Those who do so are now on par with CEOs as the most powerful leaders in business today. Why? Equipped with technologyenabled insights to ascertain their company’s financial health, the modern CFO can influence innovation, investments and real change that elevates the business to the next level.

The company’s beating heart

Today’s CFO isn’t hard to find. They are highly visible on the company floor, talking to people of all levels, listening, and responding to requests from across the business. They lead from the front.

As the CEOs indispensable confidant, the CFO can often be found by their side, influencing strategic decision making with the company’s overall financial data front of mind. With digital technologies at their fingertips, the CFOs ability to present accurate, concise, and relevant financial data supports the CEO to make big decisions in a timely manner. Yet, the modern CFO is far from an exclusive figure. They also interact continuously with teams across the organisation, from sales and customer services to marketing and HR, gaining an understanding of how future investments in technology and talent could elevate teams to reach new levels. Interconnected cloud platforms and applications enable the CFO to immerse themselves in any business function to truly understand their financial performance, challenges, and opportunities.

CFOs have found their place at the heart of the company— both literally and metaphorically. This central position is their route to leading better-informed decisions on whole-company strategies and policies.

The focused decision maker

The modern CFO is not working alone but instead bringing their human teams together with emerging technology. AI and machine learning are helping their human colleagues, CFOs included, to predict, project, and plan for the future.

The CFO is operating in an environment that can enable fast, efficient, large-scale data processing to produce accurate insights. Not only that, but these technologies get to know the business as they go, becoming more refined and delivering better insights over time as the AI learns.

Critically, CFOs are bastions of long-term strategy and vision. You won’t find them sweating the small stuff. Reading every line in the ledger is out because AI technologies have the power

to do that more quickly and more accurately, before flagging any anomalies. When an anomaly is found, only then will a CFO need to step in and fix the problem quickly. Being well-informed is a surefire way to make good decisions. Plus, with the time CFOs save on digitalizing the proofing of ledger lines and other repetitive manual tasks, they can invest in their people. This means they can be part of more customer conversations, more colleague brainstorms, and shareholder interactions, through which they can both develop key relationships and exert their data-inspired influence.

The reliable force in a period of turbulence

The modern CFO has a knack of always making the right decision. Not only that, but people trust their judgement, and are happy when they lead.

Why? Because the influence of data driven insights upon CFOs is clear. They have taken into account not only financial data but aggregated data from across the entire business, earning the trust of each department as they go.

This birds’ eye view of the business means that, when they want change to happen, it happens fast and effectively across multiple business units. This is not only because they have the right technologies in place to get the job done, but also because the whole business is riding the wave of transformation, together. No team is left in the dark—today’s CFO ensures everyone understands the drivers for change and is transparent about how they will reach success.

Not all change can be controlled, of course. And when a business is hit with unforeseen changes, the CFO reacts with lightning speed because they’re already working with a future-

focused approach. This is thanks to predictive capabilities, planned contingencies, financial projections, and strategies they can see before them, in the form of AI-driven insights. Indeed, when disruption strikes unexpectedly, they have the freedom to consider a responsible approach that cares not only for finances, but for people, by carefully managing expectations to avoid panic. They have empathy and understanding, keeping all teams in the loop as to what the change means for them, while also planning ahead to best protect the business from such situations from happening again.

The redefined CFO for a changing world

Today’s CFO is more visible, more confident, and more trusted than those which came before. They have diversified their responsibilities, embraced non-traditional skills, and implemented emerging technologies to free up time to focus on what matters.

We’ve seen time and again that it’s the organisations with access to the right digital tools—and the skills to glean valuable insights from data—that are most successful. With a constant view of the bigger picture, the redefined CFO strives to achieve bolder goals and the human touch.

To learn more about the redefined CFO and three key CFO personas that have become apparent, you can download the full research report by visiting: sage.com/uk/redefinedcfo