Tarv Nijjar, Global Senior Director, CX Transformation – Data Analytics and AI, McDonald’s

Tarv’s career to date:

Tarv Nijjar is global senior director at McDonald’s, focusing on driving new frontiers with AI and democratising data science and AI. Nijjar’s interest in AI grew after completing a computer science degree and realising its potential applications in business. His professional journey began in finance before transitioning to consumer packaged goods where he delved into sales, strategy, finance and digital on a local and global scale.  

Previous roles include a global director role at Mars, spearheading AI programmes, solving complex problems at scale and encouraging enterprise change. Nijjar has worked with key names in AI, including Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO), Andrew Ng (Baidu & Coursera), Kai-Fu Lee (Author AI 2041) and Prof. Stuart Russell (Berkeley).