EY
Raj Sharma has spent more than 25 years at EY, but the pace and scale of change he’ s seeing today is unlike anything before. As Global Managing Partner for Growth and Innovation, he sits at the centre of conversations about how AI is reshaping business – and what that means for the way organisations operate, compete and build trust.
As a technology-enabled professional services organisation, working across assurance, tax, strategy and transactions and consulting, EY helps clients create long-term value. But, from where Raj sits, the real focus is on embedding technology into the core of the enterprise instead of deploying tools in isolation – aligning data, governance, talent and operating models so transformation actually sticks.
This approach ties back to EY’ s long-standing purpose of“ building a better working world,” which Raj sees as increasingly relevant in the AI era. With technology now influencing decisions at every level, he believes the challenge for leaders is not just to move fast, but to do so in a way that is responsible, explainable and trusted.
In this Q & A with Technology Magazine, Raj reflects on how transformation has shifted from a one-off initiative to a constant state of change, why AI is redefining how value is created and what it takes for organisations to stay resilient in the face of continuous disruption.
Raj Sharma presenting on the main stage at the European Financial Congress in Poland discussing how AI is reshaping competitiveness, economic growth and resilience
Q. WHY DO YOU BELIEVE AGILITY AND RESILIENCE ARE NOW A‘ SINGLE SYSTEM DESIGN CHALLENGE’ RATHER THAN SEPARATE GOALS?
» Today’ s disruptions don’ t arrive in isolation. They cascade across supply chains, regulation, cyber risk, geopolitics and markets. If you build for speed without durability, you simply move faster toward failure. If you build for durability without speed, you become obsolete.
The real objective is adaptive resilience: designing enterprises that can absorb shocks, reconfigure quickly and compound performance over time.
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