Amit Joshi, Professor of AI and Strategy, has been named as one of the top 100 Digital Shapers in Switzerland in recognition of his contribution to advancing big data, analytics, and AI capabilities within organizations by BILANZ and Digital Switzerland.
Joshi is featured in a special joint publication released by BILANZ, HandelsZeitung, and PME Magazine, which aims to profile the most influential thinkers in the digital space in Switzerland. He was honored in the Mentors category, dedicated to those who pass on their digital experience as consultants, trainers, VCs, or evangelists.
“At IMD, we believe we can have the greatest impact by helping others to create lasting value for their organizations and society at large,” said Joshi. “My role is to act as a strategic translator, turning the rapid advances into agentic AI into practical insights that organizations can use to strengthen their strategies and performance. I’m delighted that BILANZ has recognized this work and the impact it enables.”
Joshi is the latest IMD faculty member to be recognized as a Digital Shaper. Michael Wade is part of the Digital Shapers Hall of Fame.
An award-winning professor and researcher, Joshi has extensive experience of AI and analytics-driven transformations in industries such as banking, fintech, retail, automotive, telecoms, and pharma. His research, which focuses on long-run marketing strategy, analytics, and AI applications, has been published in top journals including the Journal of Marketing, Marketing Science, the Journal of Consumer Culture, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Harvard Business Review, and MIT Sloan Management Review.
“Artificial intelligence is changing every industry and every area we cover in this ranking: banking, telecommunications, media, medicine, public administration, research, and so on,” said Marc Walder, Ringier CEO. “Switzerland has the minds, institutions, and infrastructure to successfully master this transformation. The individuals we are honoring today prove that.”
The selection of the Digital Shapers 2026 was made by a 12-member jury chaired by Marc Kowalsky, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of BILANZ and Project Lead for Digital Shapers. The jury members include Christine Antlanger-Winter (Country Director, Google Switzerland), André Kudelski (CEO Kudelski, President of Innosuisse), and Roland Siegwart (Professor of Autonomous Systems, ETH Zurich).
