Pearson Appoints Vishaal Gupta as President of Workforce Skills
12 Março 2024 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world’s leading learning company,
announced today the appointment of Vishaal Gupta as President of
Pearson’s Workforce Skills division. Vishaal will report to CEO
Omar Abbosh and lead the next phase in the development of Pearson’s
enterprise solutions and vocational qualifications business.
Vishaal succeeds current Workforce Skills division President Mike
Howells, who will leave the company in March.
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Vishaal brings 29 years of global experience as a highly
accomplished business leader in the enterprise technology space. He
joins Pearson from Accenture, where he currently serves as a Senior
Managing Director and member of the Global Leadership Council.
During his tenure at Accenture, Vishaal has served in several
leadership roles including Europe Technology Sales, Solutions and
Ecosystem Lead, Google Cloud Platform Sales Lead, Global Technology
Industry Lead for Telecoms and Media and most recently as the EMEA
Market Maker for Strategic deals. Prior to Accenture, Vishaal
worked with world class technology services organizations like Tech
Mahindra and HCL Technologies in addition to co-founding a product
start-up called Unimobile, which was later acquired by
Verisign.
Omar Abbosh, Pearson CEO said: “Vishaal joins Pearson at
an exciting time, as we are sharpening our focus on the enterprise
learning market globally. I'd like to thank Mike for his leadership
of the Workforce Skills business, which is it at the center of many
of the capabilities we have built to date. I look forward to
welcoming Vishaal, whose deep experience in enterprise sales and
business leadership will be valuable to Pearson as we further
develop this growing opportunity.”
Vishaal Gupta said: “Over the last 29 years I have worked
with companies in different phases of their growth journeys. I’ve
found that I am passionate about using transformative technologies
to solve the pressing business challenges of clients. At Pearson,
we have the differentiated capabilities to partner with global
enterprises to solve for their skill challenges in this world which
is being rapidly disrupted by AI.”
Vishaal holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management,
Calcutta, and a Computer Engineering degree from the Delhi College
of Engineering. He is also involved in various projects to improve
literacy in schools and communities across India. Vishaal is based
in Zurich, Switzerland.
About Pearson
At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to add life to a lifetime of
learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance
for a personal breakthrough. That's why our c. 18,000 Pearson
employees are committed to creating vibrant and enriching learning
experiences designed for real-life impact. We are the world's
leading learning company, serving customers in nearly 200 countries
with digital content, assessments, qualifications, and data. For
us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. Visit us at
pearsonplc.com.
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