Neetan Chopra LinkedIn Profile

Contact Neetan Chopra www.linkedin.com/in/neetanchopra Chief Digital and Information Officer at IndiGo (LinkedIn) Gurugram, Haryana, India www.neetanmantras.blogspot.com/ (Blog) Summary Top Skills A leader with a three-decade track record of delivering business Airlines value and transformation using technology and innovation. Change Management Airports Passionate advocate of 8being digital9 as opposed to just 8doing digital9 and helping enterprises compete in the digital era. Publications Accelerated Digital Tranformation Recognized by Silicon Valley9s Constellation Research into BT150 My YouTube channel (Business Transformation 150), which is a global elite list of top Neetan Mantra : Blog executives leading innovative business transformation efforts. On the Board of multiple technology start-ups and VCs helping bring digital advisory to entrepreneurship. Passionate about arousing curiosity and interest in student communities on digital and its impact. Guest lecturer at INSEAD Business School in Dubai, Carnegie Mellon University in Silicon Valley, visiting MBA students of Villanova University, USA, IIT Mumbai entrepreneurship summit, and Adjunct Professor at Botho University, Africa. Envisioned and built from ground up a global Innovation ecosystem for the Emirates Group. This included (a) an Innovation Lab in Dubai (b) Data science lab at Oxford, UK (c) Technology Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, Silicon Valley (d) Intelak, a travel accelerator (e) Dubai Futures Accelerator and Aviation x Labs. This ecosystem acts as an outside-in platform which underpins transformation at Emirates Group. Experienced in technology related M&A and investment activity. Led the acquisition of TIK systems, an IT systems provider based out of Thailand. Delivered the divestment of the Mercator business to Warburg Pincus, one of the World9s top 10 Private Equity firms. Page 1 of 5

Several years of hands-on technology operations and delivery experience. Direct accountability for end-to-end delivery of large IT work programs and mission critical IT operations for multiple business domains. Led teams of 300-350 IT staff and managed multi-million-dollar IT investments and budgets. Strong advocate of transforming from ownership to managed services and pay-as-you-go operating models, especially for commoditized business services. Led the transformation of critical IT services to cloud / managed service models, with leading global technology providers. Keynote speaker and panel member at several global events on topics ranging from digital transformation, change management to outside-in innovation. My TEDx talk titled 8neural incumbents..distributed horizons9 on the character of enterprises in the digital era and beyond. A strong passion for continuous learning. MCA from NIT Trichy, MBA from Bradford, Executive Education with London Business School and St. Gallen, Switzerland. Experience IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Ltd) Chief Digital and Information Officer January 2022 - Present (2 years 11 months) Gurugram, Haryana, India Dubai Holding Group Chief Technology Officer September 2018 - January 2022 (3 years 5 months) Dubai, United Arab Emirates Neetan Chopra is the Chief Technology Officer of Dubai Holding, where he is responsible for driving digital, analytics and technology outcomes for the overall Group and co-creating new digital business models. Emirates Senior Vice President, IT Strategic Services July 2013 - August 2018 (5 years 2 months) Page 2 of 5

Dubai, UAE Responsible for setting overall vision and direction for the business of Emirates Group IT and inspiring its 2500+ strong workforce to deliver the vision Portfolio of responsibilities include strategy development, acquisitions, partnerships, governance, IT Innovation, process improvement, IT enterprise and solution architecture, IT securityand talent and capability development Highlights include leading the development of the digital vision 2025 for Emirates, steering the Innovation Lab for Emirates Group, setting up a world class Governance structure for IT including an IT Steering Board comprising the two Presidents of the Emirates Group, acquiring a company in Thailand to broaden the product portfolio of Mercator, implementing business led portfolio management for capital IT investments, implementing a comprehensive process framework for Emirates Group IT, developing the long term strategy for Emirates passenger reservation services platform which is at the heart of its Commercial and Airport operations and recently leading the divestment of mercator to Warburg Pincus Emirates 18 years Vice President IT Strategy and Architecture 2006 - 2013 (7 years) Dubai Responsible for Enterprise Architecture, IT Security, IT Strategy and quality management for the Emirates Group. Led the CMMI Level 3 certification of Emirates Group IT Setup and ran centers of excellence for mobility and Big Data Senior Manager IT, Airline Operations and Group Services November 1995 - July 2006 (10 years 9 months) Emirates Operational & Group Services Business Units, Two stints: 1995-2000 and 2003-2006 Responsible for the end to end provision of IT services and solutions to the mission critical Emirates Operational business units including Flight Page 3 of 5

Operations, In-flight Services, Network Control Centre as well as the Group9s shared services units such as Safety, Security and Training Highlights include designing a bold vision and strategy for Emirates crew management and mission critical, network control operations, implementing world class IT platforms to support this vision and implementing a breakthrough innovation, called Paradise, for managing large, remote and mobile workforces Earlier on in my career, responsible for a significant overhaul of IT systems at the heart of Airline operations involving the successful delivery of a new and integrated suite of crew rostering, crew control, operations control and ground to air connectivity platforms Senior Manager IT, Airline Planning, Commercial and Tour Operations 2000 - 2003 (3 years) Emirates Planning, Commercial, Leisure and Travel Agencies Business Units, 2000-2003 Responsible for the end to end provision of IT services and solutions to the revenue generating Emirates Commercial departments including Airline Planning, Airline Commercial (revenue optimization, pricing, sales), Emirates Holidays, Arabian Adventures and dnata Agencies Highlights include designing and implementing an integrated and mission critical reservations platform for Emirates Holidays, developing a customer relationship strategy for dnata agencies and implementing innovative optimization solutions at the Airline9s commercial business units Accenture 4 years Senior Consultant 1992 - 1996 (4 years) Classic management consulting role in areas of strategic IT planning, systems methodology implementations, ERP system implementation, organization restructuring and a few custom system developments in the early years Highlights include appointment to the coveted lead instructor role at Accenture9s Centre of Excellence (COE) in Illinois, Chicago, restructuring Page 4 of 5

the IT arm of an international agricultural research company in India and IT strategy consulting for large Indian conglomerates Consultant January 1992 - December 1995 (4 years) Education London Business School Global Business Consortium, Strategy · (2010 - 2011) University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Certificate, Business Engineering · (2011 - 2011) Bradford University, UK MBA, Strategic Management and Finance · (2000 - 2002) National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli MCA -Masters in Computer Applications, Computer Applications · (1989 - 1992) Page 5 of 5