Omar Hairani

With over 20 years of expertise in the IT sector, industrial engineer, Omar Hairani, has played a key role in shaping the digital transformation at Tchibo for a decade. As Global Head of Data & AI, he is characterised by his visionary approach and strategic foresight.

Prior to his time at Tchibo, he was responsible for various large-scale projects over many years in an international environment in SAP consulting and implementation. During his 11-year career in the media industry at Deutsche Presse-Agentur, he also held various management positions, including in the areas of ERP, Customer Service and as Managing Director.

Over the last 10 years, he has focussed on cloud strategy, analytics and AI. Thanks to his foresight, Omar has been able to continuously expand the Data & AI division at Tchibo and laid the foundations for a modern AI and data platform at an early stage. Together with his dedicated team, he has already implemented several successful AI projects and put them into productive operation.