Simon Ninan

Simon Ninan is Senior Vice President of Business Strategy for Hitachi Vantara, part of the Hitachi group of companies and a market leader in mission-critical storage and data infrastructure. In his role, Simon is responsible for developing and driving aligned execution of the company’s growth and innovation strategy especially around Artificial Intelligence, Hybrid Cloud, Data Management and Sustainability.

Simon is also a senior leader within the Corporate Strategy Office for Hitachi Ltd., the parent company of Hitachi Vantara. In this capacity, he leads advisory for the North American region with a focus on cross-business synergies and capitalizing on regional trends and opportunities.

Prior to Hitachi, Simon was an Associate Partner with Monitor Deloitte, where he spent over a decade as a strategy consultant, including a stint as COO of its India practice. As an advisor to senior client executives across startups and Fortune 500 companies, he led several large-scale business and technology transformation programs across the hi-tech and telecommunications worlds, spanning new business standups, product and service launches, growth and scale programs, and business model transformations.