Arun Narayanan is the Group Head of Data Analytics at AngloAmerican since 2018.

In this role, Arun is responsible for shaping and leading the implementation of Anglo American’s data analytics strategy. This strategy uses data science to further improve operational efficiencies and output of AngloAmerican, which in turn will help improve the profitability of the company, increase the safety of operations and reduce negative environmental impact. This is part of Anglo American’s innovative approach to sustainable mining, helping to shape the future of Anglo American and potentially change, for the better, how the entire mining industry operates.

Previously, Arun was the VP E&P Data, Software Integrated Solutions (SIS). In this role, Arun is responsible for defining & implementing the strategy for E&P data for Schlumberger Software. Arun was responsible for integrating asset-centric and corporate-centric data management workflows through current generation technologies and establishing a big-data platform, enabling end-to-end multi-domain workflows - leveraging data to enable workflows in the predictive analytics space.

Arun joined Schlumberger in 1997 and has been instrumental in developing the software landscape of oil and gas software. Arun lead the team that developed oil-industry’s first cloud-based offering - INTERSECT in the Cloud - and drove development as SIS towards cloud, mobility, big data, and analytics. Arun has held various technical and management positions within Schlumberger in the US and in Asia. He has, in the past, been responsible for product design, development, and marketing. He also was the general manager for the software businesses in India and Malaysia. He has over 20 years of Oil & Gas experience.

Arun holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Mumbai, a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Iowa State University of Science and Technology, and MBA’s from both the University of Houston and the University of Texas at Austin.