A GREAT VISIONARY AND AN INSPIRING GLOBAL LEADER
ANAND SANGHI, THE MUCH-ADMIRED PRESIDENT OF VERTIV ASIA AND INDIA, IS A PIONEER IN THE FIELDS OF LEADERSHIP, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY. HIS MANY YEARS OF PRACTICAL INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE HAVE PROVIDED HIM WITH VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO THE TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES
A LEARNED SCHOLAR
Mr. Sanghi is equipped with a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad as well as a degree in Electrical Engineering from the India Institute of Technology IIT, Madras. With this valuable educational foundation, Mr. Sanghi began his career as a business planner in Hong Kong on April 21, 1994, and subsequently went on to scale great heights.
Since then, the Vertiv President has also participated in some of Vertiv Asia’s most important investments in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region including overseeing various future product launches, greenfield plants, and expansions. He experienced the early 1990s economic boom events that led to the transition, the 1997 Asian crisis, and the rise of the dot.com period.
A MASTER OF ALL TRADES
Mr. Sanghi has worked in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region’s technology and engineering sectors for over 26 years. He has participated in highly transformative nation-building initiatives such as the National Broadband Network (N.B.N.) in Australia and the creation of a telecommunications network in Myanmar. He previously held various positions at Copeland before being promoted to the position of Director of Planning and Business Development for Emerson Electric in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, located in the company’s headquarters in Hong Kong. In 2001, he joined Emerson Network Power in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region as the Director of Planning, then progressed and ventured into product and brand management, servicing, and advertising. He also served as Emerson Network Power’s Asian Vice-President of Operations. Mr. Sanghi is not only known for his great strides in the technology and engineering industries but is also known for him emphasis on fostering a work environment that features inclusivity and positivity through a process of effective leadership. He places significant importance on being an effective leader through storytelling techniques and establishing a noticeable presence with employees, forming and practicing positive habits that can lead to innovation, encouraging and executing self-discipline, giving back to those in need, and shaping a new generation of leaders by creating employee-centric organizations.
A PIONEER IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
With over 26 years of practical experience in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region’s technology and engineering industries, Mr. Sanghi has witnessed numerous substantial transformations in the respective sectors. Therefore, he is known for facilitating and leveraging the power of digital infrastructure in his organizations to encourage astonishing growth and transformation. He feels that the effect of increased income levels, economic growth, and supporting government regulations and policies across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region will play a vital role in boosting the usage and demand for digital services and the digital infrastructure that facilitate them. In fact, the integration of cloud computing has helped foster a substantial amount of performance growth for Vertiv Asia’s products, solutions, and services. He also prioritizes energy efficiency and is presently enforcing policies, procedures, and design architectures for data centers and telecommunication systems with clients and government firms.
