Gayatri Kannan is the senior director and head of sales finance at a leading global technology company. She leads strategic planning, investments, forecasting, and incentives for a global sales organization, driving a multi-billion-dollar business. With over a decade of experience across global investment banking, development finance, and high-growth enterprise software, Kannan’s expertise has been central to scaling businesses while creating long-term shareholder value. She earned her master’s degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and graduated with honors in Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology.