Sanjeev Honakhande

Sanjeev Honakhande is the VP, Media & Entertainment, Europe at Prodapt Solutions. Prior to joining Prodapt, Sanjeev served as the Senior Vice President, Strategy, Sales and Global Partnerships at Straive from February 2020 to April 2021. Sanjeev was responsible for helping Straive's customers 'untrap' business value from their data & content operations with combined application of AI based automation and traditional outsourcing levers.

Before their time at Straive, Sanjeev was with Cognizant Technology Solutions as the Senior Client Partner - Information, Media and Entertainment from March 2008 to February 2020. There, they were responsible for revenue growth and P&L for their Information, Media and Entertainment business unit. Some of their notable accomplishments include acquiring double digit new client logos since 2008 and achieving a FY2019 annual run rate from these acquired accounts of $x0+ millions with a 5 year CAGR of 22.7%.

Sanjeev started their career in July 1998 at Tata Consultancy Services as the Practice Lead - Media and Entertainment before moving on to their role at Cognizant.

Sanjeev Honakhande graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication from the Manipal Institute of Technology. Sanjeev then went on to complete the Oxford Executive Leadership Programme at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Finally, they completed The Entrepreneurial Edge programme at the London Business School.

Sanjeev Honakhande reports to Vedant Jhaver, Chairman & CEO. They work with Mukul Gupta - EVP, Europe, Antony Savarimuthu - VP & SBU Head, Digital Transformation, and Harsha Kumar - President, Prodapt.