Tarv Nijjar
Global Strategic Insights, Senior Director CX & AI,
McDonalds
Tarv Nijjar is a Global Senior Director at McDonald's within their Customer experience transformation team and is passionate about solving complex problems with Data and democratizing Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for all. Before joining McDonald's, Tarv held a Global Director role at Mars, where he spearheaded Artificial Intelligence programs, solving the businesses most complex problems at scale and driving change throughout the enterprise. During this time, he was fortunate to partner with some of the brightest minds in AI, including Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO), Andrew Ng (Baidu & Coursera), Kai-Fu Lee (Author AI 2041) and Prof Stuart Russell (Berkeley). Tarv found his passion for AI after completing his degree in Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh and became curious in its applications in business. After five years in Finance and Investment banking, Tarv transitioned to CPGs where he had the opportunity to learn, explore and drive change across a multitude of business functions including Sales, Strategy, Finance and Digital - both within the UK market and global level. Tarv is an enthusiastic learner and communicator who has recently launched his own AI vlog and achieved a distinction from Insead Business School for the Executive education, leading in a Transforming world program