Dhiraj Mukherjee

Dhiraj Mukherjee is an international keynote speaker on leadership, AI, and adapting to emerging technology. He helped grow Shazam from the original idea to over 100 billion uses, and was named one of Europe’s Top 50 technology entrepreneurs by the Financial Times. Since Shazam’s sale to Apple, he has invested in over 250 leading AI and technology startups, including OpenAI (creators of ChatGPT).]

Previously he held senior roles in Financial Services, Technology, and media and entertainment, and has an MBA from Stanford Business School. Dhiraj’s expertise is helping leaders build adaptable organisations, combining practical experience building an iconic company with first-hand foresight of a technology-driven future.

Mukherjee advises corporate leaders to build organisations that embrace adaptability as a core competency. He guides executives to systematically create companies that learn, evolve, and reinvent themselves, rather than reacting to disruption after it occurs. His advisory work with major corporations including UBS, Eli Lilly, Unilever and PWC gives him a deep understanding of how large organisations approach innovation and transformation across diverse industries. His portfolio of 250+ investments across AI and emerging technologies provides a comprehensive source of innovation trends, business models, and success factors.

Drawing on his experience as a founder, investor and early participant in the AI ecosystem, Mukherjee advocates “AI 2.0”: the shift from pilots to productive deployment across the organisation. Mukherjee helps leaders understand how to make better judgments about where AI truly adds value and how leadership must innovate and evolve as AI becomes a core part of the workplace. He believes the best way to predict the future is to create it, and shares proven methods for re-inventing business and building lasting success. Over the past year, Mukherjee has engaged with policymakers, regulators, and enterprise leaders across the Middle East and Asia on building resilient, future-ready AI ecosystems. He has shared global perspectives with senior officials at the Saudi Ministry of Culture, spoken at Fintech Forward Bahrain hosted by the Economic Development Board, and addressed leaders at Deloitte Middle East and First Abu Dhabi Bank. More recently, his participation in the Seoul Future Conference has provided first-hand exposure to national AI strategies and governance approaches, positioning him at the intersection of leadership, policy, and emerging technology.

Mukherjee has been widely recognised for his contributions to technology and innovation. He was named one of the Financial Times’ Top 50 Technology Entrepreneurs in Europe (2015), elected to The Digital Banking Club’s “Power 50” (2016), and selected for Smith & Williamson’s “Power 100” (2017) for supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in the UK.

Mukherjee holds a degree in Mathematical Economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.