Ian Gaylard is a Partner at Infosys Consulting, where he leads strategic client engagements focused on AI adoption, digital transformation, and energy sector innovation across EMEA. He specialises in translating complex technology and operating model challenges into practical, commercially grounded strategies, helping major energy companies move from AI experimentation to scaled, value-driven deployment.
With 28 years of global experience, Ian has spent his career working closely with many of the world’s leading oil and gas companies. He brings deep expertise across upstream oil and gas, B2B, and B2C markets, combining commercial rigour with operational insight to drive transformation at the intersection of energy and advanced technology. Ian has led strategic pursuits, large-scale IT and business consulting engagements, and complex commercial architectures across global accounts, consistently operating at C-suite and senior executive level.
At Infosys Consulting, Ian leads the EMEA energy client portfolio within the SURE practice, with anchor relationships across major integrated oil companies. His work spans AI-enabled operating model design, agentic automation, data-led decision-making, and energy transition strategy, with a focus on delivering measurable business outcomes rather than theoretical transformation.
Ian is a recognised thought leader within Infosys Consulting on energy sector transformation and regularly speaks on AI adoption in oil and gas, the practical path to value from emerging technologies, and the strategic choices facing energy majors as they navigate the twin pressures of decarbonisation and performance delivery.