Sheldon Monteiro

EVP, Chief Product Officer
Publicis Sapient

Sheldon spearheads Publicis Sapient’s Generative AI offerings, driving digital business transformations with a human-centric approach. His Product capability stewards our cross-functional SPEED teams (Strategy, Product, Experience, Engineering, Data & AI) in collaborative efforts with clients to co-create AI-powered solutions. These solutions aim to enhance revenue, productivity, workflows, and customer engagement.

Sheldon’s 28-year career at Sapient boasts a successful record of leading teams across various industries like financial services (asset management, banking, and insurance) and retail. He’s delivered large-scale transaction, customer experience, and data solutions while building scalable enterprise product-engineering capabilities. Beyond client work, Sheldon is a magnet for attracting and nurturing top digital talent. He’s known for implementing agile methodologies at scale, leading to improved productivity, quality, morale, and faster project turnaround times.

When not directly engaged with clients on global transformation projects or innovating client engagement strategies within his teams, Sheldon dedicates himself to his passion project – the Fellowship in Transformation Leadership (FiTL) program. FiTL, a year-long MBA inspired program, which was founded by Sheldon in 2013 and continues under his sponsorship. It equips high-potential individuals with the skills to excel at the intersection of business, marketing, technology, innovation, and influence.