BANGALORE, India, January 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Synthetic image (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB), one of the world’s largest independent information technology and business consulting firms, has named Gopal Chhetri, Senior Vice President, Global Delivery Centers of Excellence for Asia Pacific, to lead CGI’s Global Capacity Centers (GCC) activities. Gopal will direct CGI’s AI-driven GCC strategythereby helping to increase clients’ delivery and transformation capabilities and strengthen India’s role in CGI’s global delivery ecosystem.
As GCCs evolve beyond scale to become strategic drivers of innovation, modernization and resilience, CGI is strengthening its capabilities to help clients integrate GCCs at the heart of their business agenda, aligned with their strategic priorities and accountable for measurable business results.
“CGI supports hundreds of leading global companies from its global delivery centers of excellence in Asia Pacific. With over 25 years of industry experience, Gopal’s appointment strengthens our ability to help our clients move from process efficiencies to measurable business outcomes, including improved customer experience and business performance,” said Rakesh Aerath, President of CGI’s Global Delivery Centers of Excellence in Asia Pacific.
Gopal’s appointment reinforces CGI’s focus on client proximity and its commitment to enabling its clients to build, scale and transform their GCCs, leveraging its global delivery model and decades of experience to create sustainable value from their investments.
“I am honored to take on this role at a time when GCCs are redefining their purpose and value to the business. Today, customers are evolving from execution to orchestration and want CCGs that can modernize platforms, use AI responsibly, and create sustainable business value. We look forward to helping our customers evolve their GCCs into strategic hubs that support their global operations,” said Gopal Chhetri.
As GCC leader, Gopal will focus on expanding CGI’s GCC business and scaling digital engineering, cloud and AI capabilities, as well as talent development, leadership pipelines, collaboration and market-ready delivery plans.
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI is one of the world’s largest independent IT and business consulting firms. With 94,000 consultants and professionals around the world, CGI offers a portfolio of end-to-end capabilities, ranging from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, information technology and business process management services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI’s reported revenues for fiscal 2025 are C$15.91 billion and CGI’s shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more about cgi.com.
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