Akash Khurana

EVP, Chief Information Officer & Chief Digital Officer, Wesco Distribution

Akash Khurana is Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer for Wesco. He joined the company in 2020, and has more than 20 years of technology experience, driving innovation across industries resulting in organizational transformation and establishing new multi-billion revenue generating business lines.

Akash leads the information technology and digital organizations, spearheading a multi-year transformation journey.

Prior to joining Wesco, Akash led business transformation at McDermott as the Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital Officer of the global information technology and digital organizations. His assignment before joining McDermott was as the Senior Director of Global Product Lines and Regional P&Ls at Baker Hughes. He has also served in a variety of progressive leadership roles at GE Healthcare and Power & Water divisions. He began his career as an Enterprise Resource Planning Business Consultant and a technology leader at a leading retail company in the late 1990s.

Akash holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Pune, India, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin. He is a qualified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Master Lean Leader.