Speaker Bio
Gursh Mendhir is a forward-thinking technology leader, currently serving as the Head of Innovation & Emerging Products at Virgin Media O2, a prominent telecommunications company in the UK. Her intentional pursuit of a non-traditional path that feels authentic to her has paid off in the form of a rich and diverse experience and fast track to leadership roles, taking her from traditional strategy consulting to building corporate venturing teams to now building a start-up within a corporate.
With a strong background in venture development, technology strategy and digital innovation, Gursh has been a catalyst for creativity and change at Virgin Media O2, driving the creation of cutting-edge innovation and product development processes and a suite of new products in new industries. She is a lifelong learner who has created methods for embedding future technological and societal mega-trends into strategy and new product development, to meaningfully address tomorrow’s biggest challenges. In short, she builds teams that do things differently!