Gaurav leads Sustainability within the Health and Public Service practice at Accenture. As part of this role he is coordinating post-pandemic recovery, growth and transformation programmes to help a number of European countries emerge greener and more resilient. This includes working with large national and regional public sector clients to maximise the impact of stimulus and improve sustainability through service digitisation, workforce transformation and ambitious green transition and capital programs.
He has over 18-years’ experience as a trusted advisor and transformation partner to senior government and business leaders across the world and has worked with clients in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. Within his current sustainability portfolio, he advises clients on developing their net zero strategies, creating responsible and green supply chains, embedding ESG performance and reporting frameworks in their operating models, and harnessing the power of data and technology to enable sustainability programs. He is also an advisor to a number of projects at the World Economic Forum and other multilateral organisations and has led Accenture’s work with prestigious think-tanks like the European Centre for Government Transformation.
He holds a dual-Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University (USA) and the London School of Economics (UK), an MSc in International Business Management from the Nottingham Business School (UK) and is an alum of the University of Cambridge (UK) Sustainability Leadership Programme. He has served on the jury for the European Social Services Awards, is a member of the Global Public Policy Network, is an Earth Institute fellow and has spoken at high-profile international conferences, including the ISSA World and Regional Forums, European Social Network events, the London School of Economics, College of Europe, and Harvard University.
