2025 Annual Meeting Preview: Technology & Innovation Panel

Bhushan N. Ivaturi, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Enbridge

Bhushan brings over two decades of international leadership in the business of technology, and experience from shaping and leading transformation in multiple industries, with diverse cultures and in different business cycles.

Bhushan joined Enbridge in 2018 and leads the functions of Information Technology; Cybersecurity; Business Process Simplification; Operational Technology; Data and Digital. Bhushan has shaped the digital strategy for the company including the launch of Technology + Innovation labs while transforming technology services into a strategic enabler for Enbridge.

Prior to Enbridge, he was Vice President and global CIO at AP Moller Maersk, where he led and transformed the global information and data, cybersecurity, improved industrial technology and built the digital strategy. Before Maersk, Bhushan served as an executive at General Electric. Prior to GE, Bhushan drove outcomes in the high-technology sector, leading demand and supply chains and performed in various roles including product management, technology management and software engineering. Bhushan has a track record of raising the competitiveness, differentiation and scalability throughout the business cycle, a knack for applied technology and innovation, and developing winning teams and talent.

Bhushan is passionate about serving the business and the community. He is an ally and sponsor of initiatives such as Women in Technology. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Calgary Spark Science Center, as well as on its finance and HR committees. He is a longstanding member of the Board of Directors of the Technology Business Management (TBM) Council. Bhushan graduated with a Master of Science degree with a major in Information Systems and Operations Management and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering. Bhushan is a lifelong learner and has continued his education at the Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan and is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Vivek Chidambaram, Senior Managing Director, Accenture

Vivek runs Accenture’s Resources strategy business globally. He specializes in large scale AI, Gen AI and digital transformations at energy clients. Specifically, he applies systems thinking across the value chain and functional domains to drive these transformations. His work typically focuses on value, ways of working and talent just as much as Technology platforms/AI/features. As a result of this cross-industry expertise, he is passionate about the emerging energy transition, and the potential convergence of industrial sectors (e-mobility, industrial clusters, carbon, energy system models etc.).

On these topics, Vivek is a regular speaker at major industry events (CeraWeek, PESA, SPE, CAPA, American Energy Society), and prolific developer of leading industry ideas referenced in the media and major publications. Most recently he has been working on Accenture’s Energy System Model – a view into the inherent energy (joules) available in a region as various sectors decarbonize and the impact this will have on portfolios, ways of working, consumption patterns and operations at both energy clients.

Outside the workplace, Vivek serves as the Chairman of the World Affairs Council in Houston. This role allows him to work with students, and on global commerce/travel and innovation in the city of Houston.

Vivek graduated from the University of Michigan with an MBA and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute with an MS. He has lived and worked in India, France, South Korea and several states in the US. He, his wife and daughter enjoy traveling and working on causes close to education.

Pragati Mathur, Chief Digital & Information Officer, ConocoPhillips

Pragati Mathur is chief digital and information officer for ConocoPhillips.

Mathur has more than 26 years of IT leadership and digital transformation experience with global companies across various industries. Prior to joining ConocoPhillips, she served as chief technology officer for Staples, where she led all aspects of technology, including digital, supply chain, order management, retail, corporate applications, data, analytics, security and infrastructure. In that role, Mathur was also an integral member of the Staples executive leadership team.

Earlier in her career, she served as senior vice president of Technology & Business Solutions for Biogen, as chief enterprise architect at Boeing, and in various roles at General Motors.

Mathur earned a Master of Science in Information Technology from Carnegie Mellon University. She also holds an MBA and bachelor’s degree in computer information systems from Walsh College.