Kumar R Parakala is a global business leader and technology entrepreneur with over two decades of experience building high-growth businesses in global consulting firms. He currently serves as the President of GHD Digital, a business founded after the global professional services GHD acquired his award-winning company Technova. Earlier in his career, Kumar worked with KPMG, leading its global technology advisory practice and serving in executive leadership and managing partner roles.

With over 500 board director briefings as a trusted advisor and non-executive director, Kumar worked extensively with publicly listed boards and CEOs and served in non-executive director roles.

Respected among the foremost thought leaders, President Clinton invited Kumar to the Clinton Global Initiative. Ranked in the top 50 most influential Technology leaders, ACS inducted him into its Hall of Fame, conferring on him the Honorary Life Membership (HLM). As an international digital business transformation and innovation expert, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, AFR, Financial Times, ABC, CNBC and several media outlets featured his thought leadership. When not at work, he pursues his passion as a jazz musician.