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Sarah Haywood is the Global Chief Information Officer at Carlsberg Group , where her primary focus is to lead on the company ’ s transformation programmes . With demonstrated experience in the fast-moving consumer goods ( FMCG ) industry working for the likes of Cadbury , Mondelēz International , and Kraft Food Groups , Haywood has a strong background in programme management , team leadership , and enterprise resource planning ( ERP ).

Centring her transformational projects on client experience and operational excellence , Prasanna Gopalakrishnan is the Group Chief Technology Officer at Sky . With more than 20 years of experience , her expertise include blockchain , machine learning , artificial intelligence , cybersecurity , robotic process automation , and much more .

Gopalakrishnan is a known advocate of diversity and is committed to championing both women in technology and Asian leadership through her leadership skills , which centre around building and nurturing a culture of collaborative innovation . Before her appointment as Group CTO at Sky in 2021 , Gopalakrishnan spent three years at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch as its Chief Information Officer .

Haywood graduated with First Class Honours in her Master of Chemistry from the University of Manchester and then spent five years with Mondelēz International as the Senior Director Information Systems of Global Sales & Marketing , before joining Carlsberg Group .

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