Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, April 2025 — Sanket Deodhar (SD) has been appointed as Area Vice President & Country Head – India at Anaplan, marking a significant leadership transition as the company strengthens its presence in the Indian market. With over two decades of enterprise sales and digital transformation experience, Sanket is set to lead Anaplan’s go-to-market strategy, customer success initiatives, and strategic partnerships across India.
Sanket joins Anaplan from SAP India, where he held various senior leadership roles over a distinguished 13-year tenure. Most recently, he served as Vice President – Sales, Digital Native & Tata Group Business, where he was instrumental in leading the digital transformation journeys of some of India’s most prominent conglomerates. His tenure also included roles as Director – Conglomerates, Head – Tata Group, and Sales Director – Enterprise Business, where he successfully built strategic alliances and scaled high-impact digital engagements.
Earlier in his career, Sanket served as Product Specialist – Industry Standard Servers at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, managing enterprise customers in the manufacturing and BFSI sectors across Maharashtra. He also held key sales leadership roles at Trident Infotech Services and Microline India Pvt. Ltd, where he was involved in business planning, system integration, and enterprise solutions development.
At Anaplan, Sanket will lead India operations with a focus on delivering customer-centric value through Anaplan’s connected planning platform. Recognized for his empathetic leadership and results-driven approach, he is well-positioned to drive strategic growth, foster cross-functional collaboration, and unlock new opportunities in the Indian enterprise planning ecosystem.
About Anaplan
Anaplan is the only scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in today’s complex business environment, enabling enterprises to outpace both their competition and market shifts. By building connections and collaboration across organizational silos, the Anaplan platform intelligently surfaces key insights — empowering business leaders to make the right decisions, right now.
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