Engage Bengaluru 

November 18-19, 2026

The Execution Curve: Turning Strategy into Global Impact

In 2026, enterprises know what they want to achieve. The harder challenge is making it happen consistently across functions, geographies, and partner ecosystems. Increasingly, that responsibility sits with GCCs. 

The Execution Curve: Turning Strategy into Global Impact captures the shift from experimentation to execution maturity, where leaders must prove what works, scale it, and embed it as business as usual across globally distributed operating models. 

Engage – Bengaluru 2026 focuses on how GCC, GBS, technology, transformation, and service delivery leaders move up the execution curve by strengthening measurement, redesigning operating models, and implementing Systems of Execution, the orchestration layer that connects intelligence to coordinated action across teams, workflows, data, and partners. 

India has become the center of gravity for global execution, with GCCs evolving into enterprise engines for AI adoption, digital transformation, and innovation at scale. The question is no longer whether GCCs create value, but how consistently they can deliver measurable enterprise outcomes. 

With more than 300 new offshore and nearshore GCCs established globally for the second year in a row and 67% of enterprise and GCC leaders planning to engage providers to drive their transformation agenda (Everest Group Research), the focus is shifting from building capability to proving impact. The program will examine what it takes for GCCs to convert AI and automation initiatives into durable enterprise value at scale, moving beyond pilots to sustained, measurable outcomes and advancing from A3 toward A4 (automation, AI, agentic systems, and arbitrage). 

This is not about vision. It is about execution that delivers, scales, and holds up under real-world conditions. 

Why attend

Everest Group Engage – Bengaluru 2026 convenes senior functional leaders across global capability centers, global business services, technology, transformation, and service delivery to focus on one hard problem: executing strategy consistently at enterprise scale. 

  • Move from strategy to impact:  Learn how leading enterprises and GCCs close execution gaps across functions, regions, and partner ecosystems. 
  • Turn innovation into results: Go beyond pilots with practical guidance on scaling AI, automation, and digital capabilities from GCCs into global operations. 
  • Build and scale from India: Understand how leading organizations are using GCCs as launchpads for enterprise-wide transformation. 
  • Elevate the role of GCCs: Learn how GCCs are evolving from delivery centers to enterprise execution engines with accountability for outcomes. 
  • Network with the leaders shaping the GCC ecosystem: Engage in candid, peer-driven discussions with senior GCC and enterprise leaders. 

What you will learn

  • How to drive measurable global outcomes

    Learn how leading GCCs translate enterprise priorities into repeatable execution across global operations.

  • Leveraging data for confident decisions

    Apply Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® and Pinnacle Model® insights to guide sourcing, location strategy, and operating model design. 

  • The next phase of GCC and GBS leadership

    Explore how GCC and GBS leaders are expanding their mandates, aligning teams and partners, and delivering productivity, innovation, and scale.

  • AI, automation, and the reality of workforce change

    Understand how GCCs are operationalizing AI and agentic systems and what it means for talent strategy.

  • Executing through uncertainty

    Maintain performance amid cost pressures, regulatory shifts, and global disruption.

  • Innovating through collaboration and partnerships

    Structure enterprise, GCC, and provider ecosystems to move from experimentation to scaled execution.

 

Who will attend

Functional leaders across global capability centers, global business services, technology, transformation, service delivery, and business leaders with the following titles will benefit from attending: 

Global GBS / GCC Leadership

EVP / SVP, GBS Global Head, Shared Services / Global Operations Global Head, GCC Strategy / Transformation Chief Digital / Innovation / Transformation Officer COO, GBS VP / Director, Global Locations Strategy

India-Based GCC Leadership

Country Head, GCC Managing Director, India Operations SVP / VP, GCC Leader / Site Head Global Delivery Head, India Head of India Center / Shared Services Director / Sr. Director, GCC Operations Head of Enterprise Functions, India Hub

Technology, AI, and Transformation Leaders

Global Head, Enterprise AI / GenAI / Automation CIO / Technology Leader, India Hub or GCC Head of Digital Transformation Head of Data and Analytics Head of Business Transformation Head of Future of Work / Workforce Transformation Head of Intelligent Operations

Partner and Service Delivery Leaders

Head of GCC Governance / Vendor Management Head of Strategic Partnerships Head of Finance Head of Global Services Delivery Head of Commercial Governance Head of Procurement Operations Head of Partner Ecosystem Strategy Head of Outsourcing Governance

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Our difference

An exclusive forum where insight drives action

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Engage Bengaluru is designed for real dialogue, not one-way presentations. Participants engage directly with Everest Group analysts to interpret GCC, GBS, and AI research in context and apply it to their own operating models. 

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Peer engagement is intentional, bringing together GCC leaders, enterprise stakeholders, and functional heads in structured discussions designed for candid exchange and practical problem-solving. 

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Engage Bengaluru is a focused, high-impact experience designed to address what leaders are accountable for now: scaling AI, evolving GCC mandates, managing talent, and delivering measurable outcomes across global operations. 

Sponsors

Join the conversations that shape the market

Sponsorship opportunities are exclusive, and optimized to ensure our valued attendees get the most out of their exposure to and interactions with the select few tech and service provider brands invited to be a sponsor of Engage.

To learn more about sponsorship opportunities at Engage Bengaluru 2026, contact Michael McGrath or submit an inquiry using the form below.

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Highlights from Engage – Bengaluru 2025

Engage Bengaluru 2025 brought together senior GCC and enterprise leaders at a pivotal moment for global delivery. Conversations focused on the “Now and Next” of GCCs, from expanding mandates and scaling AI to competing for talent and driving enterprise-wide transformation. Across a high-impact program, leaders shared how GCCs are moving beyond delivery to become engines of innovation, execution, and measurable business outcomes.
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