The 2021 Top 25 Consultants: Debroop Sengupta

Debroop Sengupta is a Senior Digital Transformation Consultant with Cognizant Consulting, advising clients in the UK & Europe to reinvent their business operations with digital products and technologies. Debroop brings a decade long experience that amalgamates business transformation consulting, digital advisory as well as core industry experience.

Debroop has been instrumental in a number of high-profile digital transformation programmes across Europe in the travel, transport, energy, utilities and public sectors. He also played a key role in many transformational wins for Cognizant.

Debroop is proficient in business transformation roadmap definition, developing digital product strategies, digital maturity assessments, developing product vision, business and digital capability modeling, product delivery roadmaps, Agile delivery plans, product design and development, TOMs & business cases for investments in digital products.

Debroop is a mentor to the young consultants in Cognizant and as a lead, he coaches large cross-functional high-performing teams to deliver outcomes in every assignment.

What advice would you give to a professional just beginning a career in consulting?

"Keep your clients at the center of everything you do. Learn something new every day, and never compromise on ethics."

What have you loved most about your consulting career?

"What I love about my consulting career is that it provides me the opportunity to solve complex business problems for clients. The first thought accompanying my morning coffee is about exploring new avenues to solve client problems. This motivates me through the day to use technology to create tangible business value for the clients."

What's the best advice—personal or professional—you've ever received?

"The best professional advice that I received early in my career was on the 'role of people & culture in the success of digital transformation.' The true success of any digital transformation goes beyond technology implementation, to the people and culture of the organization. It hugely depends on how well change is communicated to people and how they are then motivated and trained to commit to, and support the change. This has always helped me take a 'human-centric' view in the digital transformation programs and approach the transformation holistically at the operating model involving – people, process, technology, data and commercial."

What does being honored as a Top 25 Consultant mean to you?

"It is an honor to be part of the coveted Top 25 consultants list by Consulting Magazine. This award serves as recognition for my work to improve the business outcomes for my clients. Consulting Magazine's list has inspired thousands of consultants in the industry to innovate and solve complex business problems for their clients. It will not only motivate me to excel as a professional but I am grateful for the opportunity to inspire the next generation of consultants."

What's been the biggest factor in your success?

"The biggest factor for my success has been the inspiration to solve business problems for clients. The first thought accompanying my morning coffee is about exploring new avenues to solve client problems. This motivates me through the day to use technology to create tangible business value for the clients."