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Valli Lakshmanan
President, BPG UAE & BPG X
Valli is a global, multi-disciplinary leader whose career bridges design, tech, data, and strategy—with a simple belief: great experiences change how we connect with customers. He heads BPG UAE and its CX practice, helping brands across the region grow smarter and faster.
Before BPG, he spent two decades leading agencies across Asia, the Americas, and Europe, launched digital divisions for FCB and Havas, successfully exited a fintech startup, and later drove marketing and innovation at Dell and Verifone. Off work, he sketches, writes, and suffers with the All Blacks and Manchester United.