Co-Founder & Director, Diligent Global

Kalpesh Chavda has spent over two decades at the intersection of enterprise finance, technology, and organisational transformation. As the Co-Founder and Director of Diligent Global — a firm he built from the ground up to over 400 consultants operating across Singapore, India, UAE, the United Kingdom, and the United States — he brings a rare combination of entrepreneurial conviction and deep technical mastery to every engagement.
His perspective is shaped by more than a career in SAP consulting. It is shaped by years of sitting alongside CFOs, transformation directors, and board-level stakeholders — understanding that technology decisions are, at their core, business decisions. Kalpesh does not arrive with a pre-packaged solution. He arrives with the right questions.
Trained as a Chartered Accountant and holding an Executive MBA from Kellogg–HKUST, Kalpesh bridges the worlds of financial governance and digital innovation with fluency few in the industry can match. He is also the architect of proprietary platforms — FuelSphere for airline fuel management, and RALPH AI — reflecting a belief that the best consultants do not just implement systems; they reimagine what those systems can do.