Gopi Krishnan

Krishnan Gopi is an Indian business executive. He is the Group Chief Transformation Officer at Apparel Group. Gopi has worked for several organizations including GEMS Education, Citigroup, Fidelity Investments, First Gulf Bank, BankMuscat International, Qatar Islamic Bank, Al Hilal Bank and GEMS Education.

Early life Gopi was born and raised in Ambasamudram in Tamil Nadu, India.

Education Gopi studied at St Xavier's College, Palayamkottai. He has an advanced diploma in Technology and Information Systems and a Postgraduate Diploma in International Business from the Indian Institute of Modern Management (IIMM).

Gopi earned his Executive MBA at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also a certified Board Director, holding credentials from the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), and a Diploma in Corporate Governance from the Chartered Governance Institute (CGI), UK.

Career He started his career as a tech entrepreneur, having built & successfully exited two product companies. Then he moved on to work in organizations like Citigroup and Fidelity Investments. In 2012, he joined Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) as group Chief Information Officer (CIO). In 2016–2017, he was the Chief Information Officer/ Chief Digital Officer of the Al Hilal Bank in UAE.

After working in BFSI sectors Gopi took up the role of Group Chief Disruption Officer & CEO – TMRW at GEMS Education. While at GEMS, he led them in creating Technology IP suite, including the LearnOS platform, a Super App for K12 Education across multiple curricula, regions, languages and learning methods. In 2020, he received the DX Inspire Award from the Global CIO Forum. He was also voted "Digital Disruptor of the Year" at the CDO Conclave in 2018.

In 2024, GEMS filed a U.S. patent for ANET (Advanced Neural Engine for Tomorrow), an AI neural engine for which Gopi had won the “Innovation in Education” award at the GESS Education Awards 2023.

In February 2025 Gopi developed AI Maturity Assessment and Alignment (AIMAA), an open-source AI platform designed to help organizations assess and enhance their AI maturity.

Gopi also serves on boards of organizations such as The Global Center for Risk and Innovation, actively mentors’ startups and is also a Forbes Technology Council member.